Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Not eligible for intensive induction with anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy as a result of at least one of the followings -Age at 75 years or more -Adverse cytogenetics, eg as defined by the MRC Prognostic Groupings -WHO performance status 3 or more -Organ dysfunction arising from significant co-morbidities not directly linked to leukaemia
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -Participation in another clinical study in which an investigational product was received within 14 days before the first dose in this study, or at any time if the patient has not recovered from side-effects associated with that investigational product -Administration of LDAC is clinically contraindicated -Patients with AML of FAB M3 classification Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia (APL) -Patients with blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukaemia