The purpose of the study is to test how effective and safe the study drug SGI-110 is compared with current standard treatment for AML. The study drug, SGI-110, is changed in the body into a compound called decitabine. Decitabine is an approved drug in the US for treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and in Europe for treatment of…
This study is for children and teens who have been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). AML is a cancer of the bone marrow, the spongy tissue inside the large bones of the body where blood cells are made. In AML, the bone marrow makes large numbers of immature white blood cells called blasts. These blast cells crowd out the normal cells of the bone…