A randomized phase 3 study of tipifarnib compared with best supportive care, including hydroxyurea, in the treatment of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia in patients 70 years or older.

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Published in Blood on May 21, 2009

Authors

Jean-Luc Harousseau1, Giovanni Martinelli, Wieslaw W Jedrzejczak, Joseph M Brandwein, Dominique Bordessoule, Tamas Masszi, Gert J Ossenkoppele, Julia A Alexeeva, Gernot Beutel, Johan Maertens, Maria-Belen Vidriales, Hervé Dombret, Xavier Thomas, Alan K Burnett, Tadeusz Robak, Nuriet K Khuageva, Anatoly K Golenkov, Elena Tothova, Lars Mollgard, Youn C Park, Annick Bessems, Peter De Porre, Angela J Howes, FIGHT-AML-301 Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France. jl-harousseau@nantes.fnclcc.fr

Associated clinical trials:

Tipifarnib Versus Best Supportive Care in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) | NCT00093990

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