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UnknownNCT00199186

Study Comparing Imatinib With Chemotherapy as Induction in Elderly Patients With Philadelphia Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

A Randomized, Multicenter Open Label Phase II Study to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Induction Therapy With Imatinib in Comparison With Standard Induction Chemotherapy in Elderly (> 55 Years) Patients With Ph Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
Sponsor
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
56 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The aims of the study are to determine whether single agent imatinib (STI571; Glivec) is more effective as up-front remission induction therapy than conventional multi-agent induction chemotherapy for elderly patients with Philadelphia positive (Ph+)ALL, whether this treatment is better tolerated, and whether subsequent combination therapy with imatinib and chemotherapy of approximately a 1 year duration is tolerable and effective with respect to maintaining remissions.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGimatinib
DRUGvincristine
DRUGcyclophosphamide
DRUGcytosine arabinoside
DRUGdexamethasone
DRUGidarubicin
DRUGmethotrexate (intrathecal)
DRUGAraC (intrathecal)
DRUGdexamethasone (intrathecal)

Timeline

Start date
2002-03-01
First posted
2005-09-20
Last updated
2007-10-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00199186. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.