RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing
so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if homoharringtonine is more effective than
hydroxyurea for chronic myelogenous leukemia that has not responded to interferon alfa.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of homoharringtonine with
that of hydroxyurea in treating patients who have chronic myelogenous leukemia that has not
responded to interferon alfa.
Minimum age: 16 Years.
Maximum age: N/A.
Gender(s): Both.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, United States
MBCCOP - University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688, United States
CCOP - Greater Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona 85006-2726, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden), Phoenix, Arizona 85012, United States
Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson, Tucson, Arizona 85723, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan), Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, United States
University of California San Diego Cancer Center, La Jolla, California 92093-0658, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach, Long Beach, California 90822, United States
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Los Angeles, California 91010, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-1781, United States
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California 90033-0800, United States
Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez, Martinez, California 94553, United States
CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute, Oakland, California 94609-3305, United States
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, California 92868, United States
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, United States
UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute, San Francisco, California 94115-0128, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94121, United States
CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, California 95403, United States
David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California 94535, United States
University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver, Denver, Colorado 80220, United States
CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services, Wilmington, Delaware 19899, United States
Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia 20007, United States
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20307-5000, United States
CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida 33140, United States
CCOP - Atlanta Regional, Atlanta, Georgia 30342-1701, United States
Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia 30905-5650, United States
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, United States
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital), Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
CCOP - Central Illinois, Decatur, Illinois 62526, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital), Hines, Illinois 60141, United States
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, United States
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7357, United States
CCOP - Wichita, Wichita, Kansas 67214-3882, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita, Wichita, Kansas 67218, United States
Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0084, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky 40511-1093, United States
MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, United States
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, United States
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130-3932, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus, Togus, Maine 04330, United States
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130, United States
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, United States
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0752, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, United States
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit, Detroit, Michigan 48201-1932, United States
CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, United States
Providence Hospital - Southfield, Southfield, Michigan 48075-9975, United States
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi, Biloxi, Mississippi 39531-2410, United States
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, United States
Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB, Keesler AFB, Mississippi 39534-2576, United States
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65203, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial), Columbia, Missouri 65201, United States
CCOP - Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 64131, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 64128, United States
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau, Saint Louis, Missouri 63141, United States
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110-0250, United States
CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks, Springfield, Missouri 65807, United States
CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium, Billings, Montana 59101, United States
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-3330, United States
CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation, Las Vegas, Nevada 89106, United States
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, United States
MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108-5138, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263-0001, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14215, United States
CCOP - North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York 11030, United States
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York 11030, United States
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, New York 10032, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, United States
Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, New York, New York 10029, United States
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus, New York, New York 10021, United States
CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C., Syracuse, New York 13217, United States
State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse, Syracuse, New York 13210, United States
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295, United States
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham, Durham, North Carolina 27705, United States
CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104-4241, United States
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1082, United States
Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2288, United States
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
CCOP - Columbus, Columbus, Ohio 43206, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45428, United States
CCOP - Dayton, Kettering, Ohio 45429, United States
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
CCOP - Columbia River Program, Portland, Oregon 97213, United States
Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201-3098, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland, Portland, Oregon 97207, United States
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, United States
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425-0721, United States
CCOP - Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina 29615, United States
CCOP - Upstate Carolina, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29303, United States
University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38103, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, United States
Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235-9154, United States
Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234, United States
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0209, United States
Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas 79423, United States
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78284-7811, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy), San Antonio, Texas 78284, United States
CCOP - Scott and White Hospital, Temple, Texas 76508, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple, Temple, Texas 76504, United States
Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148, United States
CCOP - Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, Bennington, Vermont 05201, United States
Vermont Cancer Center, Burlington, Vermont 05401-3498, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction, White River Junction, Vermont 05009, United States
MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23249, United States
CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98101, United States
Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington 98104, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle, Seattle, Washington 98108, United States
CCOP - Northwest, Tacoma, Washington 98405-0986, United States