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A trial comparing treatment before a stem cell transplant for acute myeloid leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome (FIGARO)

Overview

Cancer types:

Acute leukaemia, Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), Blood cancers, Leukaemia, Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at different combinations of drugs before a stem cell transplant.

It was for people who were having a stem cell transplant with somebody else’s cells. This is an .

This trial was open for people to join between 2013 and 2017. The team published the results in 2020.

Recruitment start: 1 October 2013

Recruitment end: 28 February 2017

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Charles Craddock

Supported by

Blood Cancer UK

Cure Leukaemia

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Birmingham

Last reviewed: 9 May 2022

CRUK internal database number: 10590

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