Tipifarnib and Etoposide in Treating Older Patients With Newly Diagnosed, Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Conditions

• Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Multilineage Dysplasia Following Myelodysplastic Syndrome
• Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7)
• Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0)
• Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (M5a)
• Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia (M5b)
• Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia With Maturation (M2)
• Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Without Maturation (M1)
• Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities
• Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q)
• Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22)
• Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22)
• Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22)
• Adult Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia (M4)
• Adult Erythroleukemia (M6a)
• Adult Pure Erythroid Leukemia (M6b)
• Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Untreated Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Interventions

• DRUG: tipifarnib
• DRUG: etoposide

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)