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Leridistim Compared With Filgrastim in Treating Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

NCT00004215

RandomizedSupportive care

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Colony-stimulating factors such as leridistim and filgrastim increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of leridistim with that of filgrastim to reduce side effects in older patients who are receiving cytarabine and daunorubicin for acute myeloid leukemia.

Timeline

Start
1999-08
Primary completion
2000-08
Completion
2000-08

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject filgrastim Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous
Subject leridistim Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous
Background Cytarabine Small molecule Intravenous
Background Daunorubicin Small molecule Intravenous