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Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Using Intensive MRC-Based Therapy and Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin (GMTZ): A COG Pilot Study
In Brief
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating asparaginase, busulfan, and 9 other interventions for Leukemia. Completed, enrolled 350 participants across 148 sites in 5 countries.
Detailed Summary
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a donor bone marrow transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It also helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. Also, monoclonal antibodies, such as gemtuzumab ozogamicin, can find cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into the patient they may help the patient's bone marrow make stem cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well gemtuzumab ozogamicin works in treating young patients who are undergoing remission induction, intensification therapy, and allogeneic bone marrow transplant for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.