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Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Lisofylline Results Reported Among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 28th, 1997

Preliminary Phase II trial results indicated favorable response to lisofylline as therapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Cell Therapeutics, Inc., Seattle, Washington, announced preliminary results from a Phase II trial of its lead drug candidate, lisofylline (LSF), among patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.

The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the Cell Therapeutic Inc. (Seattle, Washington) product was conducted at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, under direction of principal investigator Elihu Estey, M.D.

In this trial, 70 patients, ages 19 to 70 years,...

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