A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, multicenter phase II trial to assess the efficacy of temsirolimus added to standard primary therapy in elderly patients with newly diagnosed AML

To compare the median Event Free Survival (EFS)* and the EFS probability of all AML patients between the temsirolimus and the control group * EFS defined as: Time interval from day 1 of study treatment until treatment failure, relapse from CR or CRi, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. The time point at which the patient is resistant to therapy or survives induction without a CR, CRi or morphologic leukemia-free state will be recorded.