
    due to safety; specifically a higher rate of deaths, including fatal infections, in the sgn33a
    arm versus the control arm
  
['acute myeloid leukemia']
['33a', 'placebo', 'azacitidine', 'decitabine']

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Newly diagnosed, previously untreated, cytologically/histologically confirmed de novo
             or secondary AML according to World Health Organization (WHO) classification (except
             for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL))

          -  Intermediate or adverse cytogenetic risk

          -  Eligible for therapy with either decitabine or azacitidine

          -  Acceptable hematologic and organ function

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  AML associated with favorable risk karyotypes including inv(16), t(8;21), t(16;16), or
             t(15;17)

          -  Patients who are candidates for allogeneic stem cell transplant at the time of
             enrollment

          -  Patients with a history of one of the following myeloproliferative neoplasms:
             essential thrombocythemia, polycythemia vera, and primary myelofibrosis

          -  Received prior treatment with HMA or chemotherapy for antecedent myelodysplastic
             syndrome (MDS)
      