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Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

NCT00276601

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Timeline

Start
2004-10
Primary completion
2007-12
Completion
2013-06

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject arsenic trioxide Small molecule Intravenous
Background Cytarabine Small molecule Intravenous
Background Daunorubicin Small molecule Intravenous
Background MERCAPTOPURINE ANHYDROUS Small molecule
Background Methotrexate Small molecule
Background Tretinoin Small molecule Oral

Indications