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Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation combined with an unrelated cord blood unit (haplo-cord HCT) works to treat acute T cell lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). It will also learn about the safety of the transplantation. The main questions it aims to answer are: Dose co-infusion of cord blood in haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation (haplo-HCT) lower the rate of relapse? What medical problems do participants have when having haplo-cord HCT? Researchers will compare haplo-cord HCT to haplo-HCT to see if haplo-cord HCT works to treat T-ALL. Participants will be infused an unrelated cord blood unit at the same day of haploidentical graft infusion.
To determine if the novel regimen of PT/FLU+CY promotes cord blood engraftment in children's leukemia HSCT cohort
This collaborative investigation between NIEHS, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina (UNC) will study red blood cells of babies born to HIV-infected women receiving anti-retroviral treatment. Studies have shown that newborn mice whose mothers were given anti-HIV medications during pregnancy had abnormal red blood cells circulating in their blood stream, indicating genetic damage to the cells caused by the anti-HIV medications. It is not known if similar red blood cell abnormalities develop in human infants whose mothers received anti-HIV medication during their pregnancy. This study will examine red blood cells from infants exposed to anti-HIV medications and from non-exposed infants to look for differences between them involving this specific genetic damage. Healthy pregnant women and HIV-infected pregnant women who received antiretroviral treatment during their last trimester of pregnancy and during labor may be eligible for this study. Babies of HIV-infected women are also included in the study. Candidates will be recruited from medical centers at Duke University and the UNC. HIV-infected mothers must plan to have their baby followed by either the UNC or the Duke Pediatric Infectious Disease clinic. All women in the study will have 1 milliliter (less than 1/2 teaspoon) of blood collected for this study during delivery at the same time that other blood samples are obtained for their medical care. In addition, 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of umbilical cord blood will also be collected for this study at the time of delivery after the cord is no longer attached to the baby. This concludes participation of non-HIV infected women. Babies born to HIV-infected mothers will have 1 ml of blood drawn between 0 to 3 days of life, between 4 to 6 weeks of life, and between 4 to 6 months of life. These bloodsamples will be collected at the same time as other routine scheduled blood draws.