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Filter by:Fatigue is the most common and disabling symptom in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Studies in other cancer patients with fatigue have shown that exercise improves both fatigue and quality of life (QOL), but there are no such studies in AML. The investigators want to conduct a pilot study of a home-based exercise program to see if this type of exercise program is feasible for AML patients, reduces fatigue, and improves QOL. What the investigators learn from this study will be essential to designing a larger, definitive randomized trial of exercise in patients with AML.
Patients not previously exposed to imatinib and with resistant or refractory Ph+ ALL, lymphoid blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukaemia (LBC CML) or with de novo Ph+ ALL and aged over 55y were eligible in the study. The DIV regimen consisted in one IV injection of vincristine 2 mg combined with 2 days of dexamethasone 40 mg PO repeated weekly for 4 weeks as induction and then monthly for 4 months as consolidation. Imatinib was administered at 800 mg per day during the induction period and at 600 mg/d continuously during consolidation. Patients in CR not eligible for HSCT were allocated to maintenance therapy consisting in weekly SC injection of Pegasys 45 µg and continuous administration of imatinib 400 mg per day for 2 years.
This is a nonrandomized, open-label study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination treatment of Nilotinib and RAD001 in the treatment of c-kit + AML. Patients refractory to standard chemotherapy or not eligible to standard chemotherapy can be included. Patients will be treated with 400 mg Nilotinib bid (total daily dose 800 mg). RAD001 will be added after a treatment duration of 1 week in a dosage of 2,5 mg/day. Treatment duration will be 25 weeks.
The primary goal of this study is to determine the rate of confirmed best cumulative complete molecular response within the first year of study therapy with imatinib or nilotinib. The study will also explore the impact and significance of the achieved CMR on patient outcomes (PFS, EFS and OS), characterize the kinetics of CMR achieved in both treatment arms and after the cross-over.
The purpose of this study is to provide decitabine to patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) or Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) who have completed participation per protocol in the DACO-018 study.
The purpose of this study is to assess the pharmacokinetics of bosutinib and the safety and tolerability of bosutinib in healthy subjects and subjects with liver disease.
Current therapeutic results in advanced chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are rather disappointing. Most of these patients will eventually undergo allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Nilotinib is a novel TKI tyrosine kinase inhibitor with 30 fold more potency than Imatinib. Based on previous preliminary experience the author we rationalize that Nilotinib therapy pre- allogeneic transplantation for patients with advanced CML and Ph+ALL will reduce tumor mass pre- transplant achieving a state of minimal residual disease (MRD) and therefore may improve transplantation outcome without increasing toxicity. In addition it will allow time for improving patient medical condition and for finding an unrelated donor which will enable allogeneic transplantation , and to induce anti tumor effect post PBSC w\o DLI ( donor lymphocyte infusion)
This phase II trial studies the side effects and best dose of bortezomib when given together with daunorubicin and cytarabine and to see how well it works in treating older patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia. Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as daunorubicin and cytarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving bortezomib together with combination chemotherapy may kill more cancer cells.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as azacitidine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well azacitidine works in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia who are unsuitable for treatment with intensive chemotherapy.
The traditional way of doing a donor transplant is to give high doses of chemotherapy and radiation before giving the stem cells. However, high doses of chemotherapy and radiation can have serious side-effects. The doctors think that the transplant will be safer and more likely to be successful with reduced doses of chemotherapy and radiation. The purpose of this study is to find out how good a combination of chemotherapy and radiation at reduced doses followed by a cord blood transplant are at treating cancer. The stem cells chosen for the transplant are from umbilical cord blood. Umbilical cord blood is collected from healthy newborn babies and frozen. One cord blood collection is called a "cord blood unit." On transplant day, the cord blood will be given through the catheter just like a blood transfusion. Transplants done this way have been successful. However, this type of transplant is fairly new. Therefore, it is important to study it so the doctors can better understand how it works. Most blood or bone marrow transplants using donor stem cells are done as part of a study. When patients are on a study we test new ways of treating them which we think may be better than the old ways. We collect information about the result of this treatment so we can understand how well the treatment works. This is so we can learn better ways to treat our patients.