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A trial comparing standard chemotherapy with a less intensive approach for acute promyelocytic leukaemia, with or without gemtuzumab ozogamicin (AML15)

Overview

Cancer types:

Acute leukaemia, Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), Blood cancers, Leukaemia

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was to see if longer but less intensive chemotherapy worked as well as chemotherapy for acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APML). And to see if adding a drug called gemtuzumab ozogamicin (also known as Mylotarg) improved either treatment plan.

Recruitment start: 1 May 2002

Recruitment end: 30 June 2007

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 A K Burnett

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Medical Research Council (MRC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 22 Aug 2013

CRUK internal database number: 7114

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