# PETHEMA (Programa Español de Tratamientos en Hematología)

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## TL;DR

Spain's academic haematology trials group, part of the Spanish Society of Haematology. Its working groups cover the leukaemias, myelodysplastic syndromes and, through GEM, myeloma.

## Summary

PETHEMA, the Programa Español de Tratamientos en Hematología, describes itself as an independent academic cooperative group of haematologists and laboratory researchers from the hospitals of Spain's public health system, some private centres and hospitals in Europe and South America, belonging to the Sociedad Española de Hematología y Hemoterapia (SEHH). The Fundación PETHEMA is its instrument for clinical trials, observational and registry studies. Its working groups include GEM (myeloma), acute myeloid leukaemia, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, myelodysplastic syndromes and immune thrombocytopenia.

As PETHEMA Foundation it sponsors PEVOLAM (NCT04090736), a phase 3 trial of azacitidine with or without pevonedistat in older or unfit adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia.

## Fields

- Kind: Company
- Last checked: 2026-11-03
- Also known as: PETHEMA; Fundación PETHEMA; PETHEMA Foundation; Programa Español de Tratamientos en Hematología
- Tags: cooperative-group
- HQ: Madrid
- Type: cooperative-group
- Website: https://www.fundacionpethema.es

## Notes

- GEM myeloma group
- PEVOLAM (NCT04090736)
- Part of the Sociedad Española de Hematología y Hemoterapia

## Sources

- Fundación PETHEMA: sobre PETHEMA: https://www.fundacionpethema.es/sobre-pethema
- PETHEMA: grupo de trabajo GEM: https://www.fundacionpethema.es/grupo-de-trabajo/GEM

## Connected records

- cancers: [Acute myeloid leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/aml/), [Acute promyelocytic leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/apl/), [Multiple myeloma](https://onco.cc/cancers/multiple-myeloma/)
- institutions: [Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe](https://onco.cc/institutions/la-fe-valencia/), [University Hospital of Salamanca / IBSAL](https://onco.cc/institutions/hospital-universitario-salamanca/)
- trials: [Study to Compare Azacitidine Plus Pevonedistat Versus Azacitidine in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Not Eligible for Standard Chemotherapy](https://onco.cc/trials/nct04090736/)
- people: [María-Victoria Mateos](https://onco.cc/people/maria-victoria-mateos/), [Miguel A. Sanz](https://onco.cc/people/miguel-sanz/)

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