Study of Obatoclax in Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients who have received or are receiving any other investigational or commercial agents or therapies administered with the intent to treat their malignancy (with the exception that the patients enrolled in the pilot safety evaluation may have had 1 prior therapy)
• •patients with history of allergic reactions attributed to components of the formulated product (PEG300 and polysorbate 20)
• •patients with history of seizure disorders or central nervous system leukemia
• •patients with uncontrolled, intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic neurological illness; active, uncontrolled, systemic infection considered opportunistic, life-threatening, or clinically significant at the time of treatment; symptomatic congestive heart failure; unstable angina pectoris; cardiac arrhythmia; significant pulmonary disease or hypoxia; or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
• •Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients receiving combination anti-retroviral therapy