Treatment of Elderly Chinese Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Aged 65 to 75 Years Old
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This study focus on the comparison of CAG regimen to the low dose cytarabine therapy in elderly AML patients who are unfit or unwilling to receive intensive chemotherapy.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
Low dose cytarabine remains to be the choice of standard for elderly AML patients who are unfit or unwilling to receive intensive treatment. CAG regimen, which is a combination of aclacinomycin,low dose cytarabine±G-CSF is used often in elderly AML patients in China. It is proved effective and safety in some pilot studies,while there is no prospective,randomized study yet.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: CAG regimen Aclacinomycin 20mg/d for 4 days combined with cytarabine 20mg bid for 10 days with/without G-CSF 6ug/m2 from 1 day before therapy to day 10 of therapy. |
Drug: CAG regimen (Aclacinomycin, cytarabine, with/w/o G-CSF)
Aclacinomycin 20mg/d for 4 days combined with cytarabine 20mg bid for 10 days with/without G-CSF 6ug/m2 from 1 day before therapy to day 10 of therapy.
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Active Comparator: Low dose cytarabine cytarabine 20mg bid for 10 days. |
Drug: low dose cytarabine
cytarabine 20mg bid for 10 days.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- overall survival [3 years]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- complete remission rate [4 months]
- relapse free survival [3 years]
- treatment-related mortality [2 months]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Acute myeloid leukemia except APL
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ECOG PS:0-3
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Unfit or unwilling to receive intensive therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
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The one who has already received induction therapy no matter what the outcome is.
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Active cancer patients who are needed to receive treatment;
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Serious uncontrolled infectious diseases(eg.tuberculosis or invasive pulmonary aspergillosis);
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Active heart disease
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Treatment and Diagnosis Center of Leukemia | Tianjin | Tianjin | China | 300020 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Jianxiang Wang
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- IHBDH-IIT2015003