Acute Myeloid Leukaemia - High Risk (AML-HR)
- Conditions
- CancerLeukaemiaeukaemia
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN88373119
- Lead Sponsor
- Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
- Brief Summary
Results on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16484584
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 600
1. High risk acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) (de novo or secondary, except acute promyelocytic leukemia [APL])
2. Suitable for intensive therapy
3. Informed consent given. High risk AML is defined as:
(a) Resistant disease (greater than 15% blasts in bone marrow) after one induction course
(b) Refractory disease (ie not in complete remission [CR]) after two or more induction courses
(c) Relapse from first CR (with more than 5% blasts in bone marrow)
(d) In complete or partial remission after one induction course but with adverse cytogenic abnormalities at diagnosis
1. APL
2. Concurrent active malignancy
3. Blast transformation of CML
4. Relapse from second or greater CR
5. Severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance less than 30 millilitres per minute)
6. Pregnant, lactating or potentially fertile and not taking adequate contraceptive precautions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Survival<br>2. Complete remission (CR) rates and reason for failure<br>3. Duration of remission<br>4. Toxicity<br>5. Quality of life<br>5. Supportive care requirements
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration