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Filter by:RATIONALE: Beclomethasone dipropionate may be effective in preventing acute graft-versus-host disease in patients undergoing a stem cell transplant for hematologic cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well beclomethasone dipropionate works in preventing acute graft-versus-host disease in patients undergoing a donor stem cell transplant for hematologic cancer.
The study is designed with drugs used frequently in the treatment of AML, but with a new combination less toxic,and effective in AML multidrug resistant. Justification: - The AML patients with primary resistance or relapsed in the first 12 months after CR, have second line chemotherapy low response rate . - These patients with AML with primary resistance or relapse, that reach remission after a rescue treatment, have an interval free survival and a global survival very short - Probably the resistance to the treatments is in relation to different forms expression of the MDR. - Complete remission is considered valid evaluation, because every patient who should obtain a CR can be considered to be eligible for a possible curative treatment: Ara-C administration to high doses or the TPH treatment
This study will test the safety and effectiveness of two vaccines on slowing disease progression, improving blood counts, reducing the need for transfusions of blood and platelets, or achieving remission in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS, also known as myelodysplasia), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The vaccines consist of peptides (parts of proteins) found in MDS, AML and CML stem cells, combined with a substance called "MontanideTM". They are administered with granulocyte- macrophage colony- stimulating factor (GM-CSF). The Montanide and the GM-CSF help the immune system respond to the vaccines. People 18 years of age or older with MDS, AML or CML may be eligible for this study. Participants receive six injections of the vaccines, one dose every other week for a total of 10 weeks. The injections are given in the upper arm, upper leg, or abdomen. A separate injection of GM-CSF is given in the same area as the vaccine injections. Subjects are observed for 2 hours after the first vaccination and at least 30 minutes after each subsequent vaccination for allergic reactions. In addition to the vaccination, subjects undergo the following: - History and physical exam, chest x-ray, blood tests and bone marrow aspirate and biopsy before starting the vaccinations. - Safety monitoring during vaccine administration (every other week for 10 weeks) with blood tests and check of vital signs. - Follow-up safety monitoring (weeks 12 and 16) with blood tests every visit, chest x-ray at week 12 and bone marrow biopsy visit 16.
Association group of therapeutic specialities authorized in a remission induction treatment(FLAG-IDA: fludarabine, cytarabine, G-CSF (lenograstim) and idarubicin) and an intensive postremission treatment with authorized therapeutic association specialities and with/without Autologous Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation or Bone Marrow Transplantation in Patients With High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes or Secondary Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia.
The objective is to evaluate the cytogenetic response to Dasatinib (BMS-354825) administered for 24 weeks in subjects with Imatinib resistant or intolerant chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) once daily (QD) or twice daily. (BID)
The purpose of this clinical research study is to compare the rate of confirmed complete cytogenetic response (cCCyR) of dasatinib to imatinib therapy within 12 months after randomization in newly diagnosed chronic phase Philadelphia positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) patients. The safety of this treatment will also be studied.
Treating Ph pos CML with Imatinib is very effective since the majority of the patients achieve a complete cytogenetic response and a major molecular response and are alive and progression-free after 5 years. However, the great majority of responding patients are not leukemia-free and may be at risk of progression, molecular, cytogenetic and clinical, at any time. In case of disease progression due to Imatinib failure, nilotinib has been found to be very effective, as expected from the preclinical profile of the drug, that is much more potent against BCR-ABL and inhibits nearly all the imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL mutants. For these reasons, nilotinib is going to be registered for the treatment of imatinib-resistant CMl patients. For the same reasons, nilotinib is expected to be more efficient than imatinib also front-line, based on the principle that we should aim at preventing the emergence of resistance better that at treating resistance once it has emerged. This expectation can be tested safely, because the "toxicity profile" of Nilotinib may be even more convenient than that of Imatinib, due to the lower frequency of edema and fluid retention.
A multicenter randomized trial was performed comparing induction therapy (IC: Idarubicin and Cytarabine, 5+7) to ICL (the same drugs plus lomustine (CCNU), 200mg\m2 orally at day 1). Patients in complete remission (CR) were then randomized to receive either maintenance therapy or intensification with intermediate-dose cytarabine and idarubicin followed by maintenance therapy.
This study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of vorinostat in combination with decitabine as well as the in vivo molecular and biological effects of vorinostat in patients with refractory or relapsed Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) and intermediate or high risk as defined by International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS). Participants with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome are eligible.
The first purpose of this study is to evaluate the persistence of the complete molecular remission in patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia after stopping imatinib treatment (determine by Reverse Transcription real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) negative for bcr-abl transcripts). The second purpose is to determine clinicals and biologicals factors associated with the persistent complete molecular remission.