Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Bone Marrow or Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell or bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients with acute myelogenous leukemia.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
• Treatments: Busulfan; Cyclophosphamide; Cytarabine; Daunorubicin; Etoposide; Idarubicin; Mitoxantrone

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) of any FAB histology (M1-M7) except M3 At least 30% blast cells in bone marrow smears Secondary leukemias eligible, as follows: Following cured malignancies, including Hodgkin's disease Following exposure to alkylating agents or radiotherapy for other reasons The following leukemias are excluded: Blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia Leukemia secondary to other myeloproliferative disease Leukemia secondary to myelodysplastic syndrome of more than 6 months' duration No other progressive malignant disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 15 to 60 Performance status: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not applicable Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 x ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 x ULN Cardiovascular: No severe heart failure requiring diuretics or with an LVEF less than 50% Other: No severe concomitant neurologic disease No severe concomitant psychologic disease

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No prior therapy for AML (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or more than 7 days of corticosteroids)