drugset / Trial / NCT00004933

Homoharringtonine Compared With Hydroxyurea for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia That Has Not Responded to Interferon Alfa

NCT00004933

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if homoharringtonine is more effective than hydroxyurea for chronic myelogenous leukemia that has not responded to interferon alfa. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of homoharringtonine with that of hydroxyurea in treating patients who have chronic myelogenous leukemia that has not responded to interferon alfa.

Timeline

Start
2000-01
Primary completion
2001-05
Completion
2001-05

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Homoharringtonine Small molecule 2.5 mg/m2 Intravenous
Comparator Hydroxyurea Other / unclassified 0.5 g Oral
Comparator Hydroxyurea Other / unclassified 5 g Oral

Indications