Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Azacitidine for treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome summarized

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 2nd, 2005

Researchers summarize azacitidine for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome subtypes in a recent issue of Clinical Cancer Research.

According to recent research from the United States, "This article summarizes data submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for marketing approval of azacitidine as injectable suspension (Vidaza, Pharmion Corporation, Boulder, CO) for treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. In one phase 3 controlled trial, 191 study subjects were randomized to treatment with azacitidine or to observation; an additional 120 patients were treated with azacitidine in two phase 2 single arm studies."

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