New strategy aims to make leukemia cells more vulnerable to chemo

NCT ID NCT01627041

Summary

This study is testing whether adding a drug called decitabine before standard chemotherapy helps treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) more effectively. The goal is to see if decitabine can 'prime' or sensitize the cancer cells, making them easier for the chemotherapy drugs to kill. The trial enrolled 178 adults with AML to compare the standard chemo alone against the new two-step approach. Researchers are measuring if this leads to more patients achieving remission.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • Lafayette Family Cancer Center-EMMC

    Brewer, Maine, 04412, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center-Weiler Hospital

    The Bronx, New York, 10461, United States

  • NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

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