Clinical trials: Arsenic Trioxide
Leukemia
S0535, Gemtuzumab and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
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.
- Trial name
- NCT00551460
- Testing
- arsenic trioxide, gemtuzumab ozogamicin, mercaptopurine
- Where
- 192 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- SWOG Cancer Research Network
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Cytarabine in Combination With Arsenic Trioxide vs. Cytarabine Alone in Elderly Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether low-dose cytarabine in combination with arsenic trioxide is more effective than low-dose cytarabine alone in achieving complete remission in elderly patients (≥60 years…
- Trial name
- NCT00513305
- Testing
- Arsenic trioxide, Low-dose cytarabine alone
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Cephalon