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SUBMITTER: Roboz GJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6306886 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roboz Gail J GJ Mandrekar Sumithra J SJ Desai Pinkal P Laumann Kristina K Walker Alison R AR Wang Eunice S ES Kolitz Jonathan E JE Powell Bayard L BL Attar Eyal C EC Stock Wendy W Bloomfield Clara D CD Kohlschmidt Jessica J Mrózek Krzysztof K Hassane Duane C DC Garraway Levi L Jané-Valbuena Judit J Baltay Michele M Tracy Adam A Marcucci Guido G Stone Richard M RM Larson Richard A RA
Blood advances 20181201 24
Novel treatment strategies are needed for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This randomized phase 2 trial compared the efficacy and safety of 20 mg/m<sup>2</sup> of IV decitabine on days 1 to 10 alone (arm A) with those of 1.3 mg/m<sup>2</sup> of subcutaneous bortezomib (arm B) on days 1, 4, 8, and 11 for up to 4 10-day cycles followed by monthly 5-day cycles. Previously untreated AML patients age ≥60 years (excluding those with <i>FLT3</i> mutations and favorable-risk cytogeneti ...[more]