Clinical trial · Interventional
Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Melphalan and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Children With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Childhood AML Using a Timed-Sequential Remission Induction and Consolidation Followed by Single Dose Melphalan With Peripheral Stem Cell Rescue: A POG Pilot Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by melphalan and peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating children who have newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia that has not been treated previously.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leukemia | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (7)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| asparaginase | Drug | Asparaginase | ALIAS |
| cytarabine | Drug | Cytarabine | ALIAS |
| daunorubicin hydrochloride | Drug | Daunorubicin | ALIAS |
| filgrastim | Biological | Filgrastim | ALIAS |
| melphalan | Drug | Melphalan | ALIAS |
| peripheral blood stem cell transplantation | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| thioguanine | Drug | Thioguanine | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Chemo + STEM cell
- description
- See detailed description.
- interventionNames
- Biological: filgrastim
- Drug: asparaginase
- Drug: cytarabine
- Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride
- Drug: melphalan
- Drug: thioguanine
- Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Feasibility and toxicity of an intensive regimen that uses timed-sequential therapy
- timeFrame
- Length of study
- description
- To determine the feasibility and toxicity of an intensive regimen that uses timed-sequential therapy as a strategy for both remission induction and consolidation of newly diagnosed children with AML.
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Maximum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven, previously untreated primary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) Isolated granulocytic sarcoma (myeloblastoma) allowed Patients with cytopenias and bone marrow blasts greater than 5% but less than 30% eligible only if there is karyotypic abnormality characteristic of de novo AML (t(8;21), inv16, t(9;11), etc.) OR unequivocal presence of megakaryoblasts No acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3) No Down syndrome PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 21 and under Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 3 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Uric acid no greater than 8.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: Cardiac function normal by echocardiogram Pulmonary: No uncontrolled, life threatening pneumonia Other: No uncontrolled, life threatening sepsis or meningitis Not pregnant Fertile patients must use effective contraception PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No prior therapy
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTHurwitz CA, Chang M, Graham M, et al.: Timed-sequential remission induction and intensification followed by stem cell rescue for childhood AML -a POG pilot study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-1553, 2002.