Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Bone Marrow or Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell or bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients with acute myelogenous leukemia.

Sex

All

Minimum age

15 Years

Maximum age

60 Years

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) of any FAB histology (M1-M7) except M3 At least 30% blast cells in bone marrow smears Secondary leukemias eligible, as follows: Following cured malignancies, including Hodgkin's disease Following exposure to alkylating agents or radiotherapy for other reasons The following leukemias are excluded: Blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia Leukemia secondary to other myeloproliferative disease Leukemia secondary to myelodysplastic syndrome of more than 6 months' duration No other progressive malignant disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 15 to 60 Performance status: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not applicable Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 x ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 x ULN Cardiovascular: No severe heart failure requiring diuretics or with an LVEF less than 50% Other: No severe concomitant neurologic disease No severe concomitant psychologic disease

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No prior therapy for AML (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or more than 7 days of corticosteroids)

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• RESULTMandelli F, Vignetti M, Suciu S, Stasi R, Petti MC, Meloni G, Muus P, Marmont F, Marie JP, Labar B, Thomas X, Di Raimondo F, Willemze R, Liso V, Ferrara F, Baila L, Fazi P, Zittoun R, Amadori S, de Witte T. Daunorubicin versus mitoxantrone versus idarubicin as induction and consolidation chemotherapy for adults with acute myeloid leukemia: the EORTC and GIMEMA Groups Study AML-10. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 10;27(32):5397-403. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.6490. Epub 2009 Oct 13. PMID 19826132
• DERIVEDBaron F, Stevens-Kroef M, Kicinski M, Meloni G, Muus P, Marie JP, Halkes CJM, Thomas X, Vrhovac R, Albano F, Lefrere F Sr, Sica S, Mancini M, Venditti A, Hagemeijer A, Jansen JH, Amadori S, de Witte T, Willemze R, Suciu S. Impact of induction regimen and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation on outcome in younger adults with acute myeloid leukemia with a monosomal karyotype. Haematologica. 2019 Jun;104(6):1168-1175. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.204826. Epub 2018 Dec 6. PMID 30523055
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