SWOG clinical trial number
S0020

A PHASE II STUDY OF ANTI-THYMOCYTE GLOBULIN AND CYCLOSPORINE FOR PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME (MDS)

Closed
Phase
Accrual
16%
Abbreviated Title
ATG for MDS
Activated
08/15/2001
Closed
05/15/2003
Participants
NCORP, Members, Medical Oncologists, Pathologists

Research committees

Leukemia

Treatment

Anti-thymocyte globulin

Eligibility Criteria Expand/Collapse

Morphologically confirmed diagnosis of MDS in one of the following subclassifications: RA, RARS, RAEB and be in one of the following International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) risk categories: low, intermediate-1, intermediate-2; no previous BM or SC transplant, no prior chemotherapy for MDS. Patients must have received transfusions of at least 4 units of red blood cells as supportive care for anemia during the 60 days before registration; PS 0-2, HIV negative.