Acute leukaemia, Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), Blood cancers, Leukaemia
Results
Phase 3
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
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Professor A K Burnett
Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer
Last reviewed: 22 Aug 2013
CRUK internal database number: 7114