A pyrimidine nucleoside analog that is used mainly in the treatment of leukemia, especially acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia. Cytarabine is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent that inhibits the synthesis of DNA. Its actions are specific for the S phase of the cell cycle. It also has antiviral and immunosuppressant properties. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p472)
For the treatment of acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia and blast phase of chronic myelocytic leukemia.
Cytarabine is indicated in combination with daunorubicin for the treatment of newly-diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML) or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) in adults and pediatric patients 1 year and older.
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States
University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Baylor College of Medicine - Texas Childrens Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Fukui University Hospital, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan
Chugoku Central Hospital, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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