Trial of Decitabine in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the results in older patients who have newly diagnosed or secondary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and who are to either receive decitabine or patient's choice with the physician's advice of either cytarabine or supportive care medication.

Timeline

Start

2005-11

Primary completion

2009-10

Completion

2010-12

Publications

• Mayer J, Arthur C, Delaunay J, Mazur G, Thomas XG, Wierzbowska A, Ravandi F, Berrak E, Jones M, Li Y, Kantarjian HM. Multivariate and subgroup analyses of a randomized, multinational, phase 3 trial of decitabine vs treatment choice of supportive care or cytarabine in older patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia and poor- or intermediate-risk cytogenetics. BMC Cancer. 2014 Feb 6;14:69. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-69.

Drugs

Indications