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A study of gemtuzumab ozogamicin with chemotherapy for children with AML (MyeChild01)

Overview

Cancer types:

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

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This study is to find how many doses of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg) to give with chemotherapy for children with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

This summary is 1 of 3 summaries of the MyeChild01 trial.

To take part in this study you must have agreed to join the improving chemotherapy for AML part of the MyeChild01 trial.

Further in your treatment if you are suitable, you might be asked to take part in the stem cell transplant part of the trial. .

Cancer Research UK supports this study and the MyeChild01 trial.

This study is for children and young people who haven’t reached their 18th birthday. We use the term ‘you’ in the summary but if you are a parent we are referring to your child.

Recruitment start: 29 April 2016

Recruitment end: 23 October 2023

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 Brenda Gibson

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Pfizer

University of Birmingham

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/14/013.

You can read more information about the trial on the MyeChild01 website.

Last reviewed: 30 July 2024

CRUK internal database number: 14213

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