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Chemotherapy and Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

NCT00003239

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining biological therapy with chemotherapy may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy with cytarabine and homoharringtonine and biological therapy with interferon alfa in treating patients with chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Timeline

Start
1998-03
Primary completion
2001-10
Completion
2001-10

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Cytarabine Small molecule Subcutaneous
Subject Homoharringtonine Small molecule
Subject interferon alfa-2b Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous

Indications