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A trial of barasertib and low dose cytosine arabinoside for acute myeloid leukaemia in older people (The SPARK study)

Overview

Cancer types:

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

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial was comparing a drug called barasertib (also known as AZD1152) with a low dose of cytosine arabinoside chemotherapy for people over 60 who had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and couldn’t have intensive treatment.

Recruitment start: 10 August 2009

Recruitment end: 22 July 2010

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 Ghulam Mufti

Supported by

AstraZeneca

Last reviewed: 12 November 2013

CRUK internal database number: 6109

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