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Imatinib Mesylate Plus Cytarabine in Treating Patients With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

NCT00022490 ↗

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Imatinib mesylate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for cancer cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying giving imatinib mesylate together with cytarabine to see how well it works in treating patients with chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Timeline

Start
2001-06
Primary completion
2011-05
Completion
2011-07

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Cytarabine Small molecule 20 mg/m2 Subcutaneous
Subject Imatinib Small molecule 400 mg Oral

Indications