The film gives the main points. The full list below is copied from the registry; the study team makes the final decision.
- Age18 Years to no maximum
- SexAll
- Healthy volunteersNo
You may be able to join if
- Patients must have untreated AML, or high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) (refractory anemia with excess blasts, [RAEB], or RAEB "in transformation" [RAEB-t]) characterized by t(8;21), inv(16), or t(16;16); the presence of additional abnormalities is irrelevant
- Patients must provide written consent
- Participants will not be excluded based on performance status; for patients with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status >= to 3 the dosing schedule will be discussed with study chairman
- Patients with organ dysfunction will not be excluded from the study; for patients with evidence of organ dysfunction (creatinine >= 1.5, cardiac ejection fraction =< 50%, total bilirubin >=2 and aspartate aminotransferase [AST]/alanine aminotransferase [ALT] >= 3 times upper limit of normal [ULN]), dose adjustments/omissions will be made
- Up to one cycle of prior induction therapy will be permitted to include patients in whom presence of "good-risk" cytogenetics was initially missed; if the patient is in remission from induction therapy, he/she will receive post-remission therapy; if the patient is not in remission then he/she will receive induction therapy
- Patients of child bearing potential should practice effective methods of contraception
You cannot join if
- Pregnant and lactating females will be excluded
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