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Filter by:The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of autologous bone marrow mononuclear stem cells combined with Psychological Therapy and Rehabilitation for Autism children
Many genetic diseases of lymphohematopoietic cells (such as sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, Diamond-Blackfan anemia, Combined Immune Deficiency (CID), Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, chronic granulomatous disease, X-linked lymphoproliferative disease, and metabolic diseases affecting hematopoiesis) are sublethal diseases caused by mutations that adversely affect the development or function of different types of blood cells. Although pathophysiologically diverse, these genetic diseases share a similar clinical course of significant progressive morbidity, overall poor quality of life, and ultimate death from complications of the disease or its palliative treatment. Supportive care for these diseases includes chronic transfusion, iron chelation, and surgery (splenectomy or cholecystectomy) for the hemoglobinopathies; prophylactic antibiotics, intravenous immunoglobulin, and immunomodulator therapies for the immune deficiencies; and enzyme replacement injections and dietary restriction for some of the metabolic diseases. The suboptimal results of such supportive care measures have led to efforts to implement more aggressive therapeutic interventions to cure these lymphohematopoietic diseases. The most logical strategies for cure of these diseases have been either replacement of the patient's own hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) with those derived from a normal donor allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) or hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), or to genetically modify the patient's own stem cells to replace the defective gene (gene therapy).
Poor graft function (PGF) is a common complication after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, which was associated with high mortality. The pathogenesis fo PGF was poorly understood. Infusion of donor peripheral cell harvest was effective for some patients with PGF in our preliminary study. This present study aimed to explore the efficacy of peripheral cell harvest for poor graft function.
This trial will evaluate the efficacy and the safety of a strategy of allogeneic stem cell transplantation including Rituximab in the conditioning regimen for the treatment of relapsed follicular lymphoma. The rationale for using Rituximab relies on a better control of the disease and a better prophylaxis of the graft versus host disease.
The technique of transplanting progenitor cells into a region of damaged myocardium, termed cellular cardiomyoplasty, is a potentially new therapeutic modality designed to replace or repair necrotic, scarred, or dysfunctional myocardium. Ideally, graft cells should be readily available, easy to culture to ensure adequate quantities for transplantation, and able to survive in host myocardium; often a hostile environment of limited blood supply and immunorejection. Whether effective cellular regenerative strategies require that administered cells differentiate into adult cardiomyocytes and couple electromechanically with the surrounding myocardium is increasingly controversial, and recent evidence suggests that this may not be required for effective cardiac repair. Most importantly, transplantation of graft cells should improve cardiac function and prevent adverse ventricular remodeling. To date, a number of candidate cells have been transplanted in experimental models, including fetal and neonatal cardiomyocytes, embryonic stem cell-derived myocytes, tissue engineered contractile grafts, skeletal myoblasts, several cell types derived from adult bone marrow, and cardiac precursors residing within the heart itself. There has been substantial clinical development in the use of whole bone marrow and skeletal myoblast preparations in studies enrolling both post-infarction patients, and patients with chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure. The effects of bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have also been studied clinically. Currently, bone marrow or bone marrow-derived cells represent highly promising modality for cardiac repair. The totality of evidence from trials investigating autologous whole bone marrow infusions into patients following myocardial infarction supports the safety of this approach. In terms of efficacy, increases in ejection fraction are reported in the majority of the trials. Chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction resulting from heart disease is a common and problematic condition; definitive therapy in the form of heart transplantation is available to only a tiny minority of eligible patients. Cellular cardiomyoplasty for chronic heart failure has been studied less than for acute MI, but represents a potentially important alternative for this disease.
The goal of this clinical research study is to find the highest tolerable dose of the combination of Revlimid (lenalidomide) and high-dose Alkeran (melphalan) that can be given to patients with multiple myeloma who will receive an autologous stem cell transplantation. The safety of this combination therapy will also be studied.
Hema e-chart is an electronic case record that can be changed in real time and is based on the chronological organisation of the infective events and the therapies prescribed. It allows the collection of all personal, epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic data pertaining to the patient, processing it and analysing the results. Aims and objectives of the project The aims of this registry are: - To assess how many suspected fungal-related febrile episodes identify an infective fungal agent - To have a clear view of the diagnostic and therapeutic actions in the management of onco-haematological patients with suspected fungal-related febrile episodes - To assess the impact of anti-fungal therapy on the timing of chemotherapy and transplant planning - Perform drug-epidemiology relationship analyses, observe toxicity and interactions with antifungal therapies by means of the creation of a national database of fungal infections in patients affected by malignant haemopathies Design - A multicentre, prospective registry for monitoring invasive fungal infections in onco-haematological patients - Registration criteria: patients with newly diagnosed malignant haematological diseases (acute and chronic myeloid and lymphoid leukaemia, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphoma, aplastic anaemia, myelodysplastic syndromes), or patients who, as a result of onco-haematological pathologies, have undergone allogenic or autologous haematopoietic cell transplants, and have ongoing febrile episodes . The recording of consecutive febrile events is required - Data collection for each individual patient will be performed according to the method shown in the enclosed flow chart. In the case of a new episode for an existing patient, said new episode will be recorded in the same case record as a new event. All collected data will be coded into the database - Information relating to about 500 suspected fungal-related febrile events requiring antifungal therapy is expected to be collected from approximately 60 centres over the course of 18 months - Data collection for each event may be performed following the provision of written informed consent, which will be obtained from each patient participating in this health survey - The data collected will be handled and stored in full compliance with the Italian laws governing privacy - Hema e-chart is a non-interventional registry
This study is an open-label, multicentric, exploratory, single arm, phase II study of adults who are either more than 60 years old, or are unfit for intensive chemotherapy and allo SCT. The patients are treated with NILOTINIB, administered orally twice daily, for 6 weeks (Course A) followed by IMATINIB, administered orally twice daily, for other 6 weeks (Course B).The courses will be repeated (rotated) for a total of 4 times or until relapse, or until it is in the interest of the patients. Prednisone (P) will be administered to all patients for 7-14 days, before TKIs, so as to make it possible to wait for the results of cytogenetic and molecular tests, and to evaluate the response to P alone, hence for another 21 days. Intrathecal therapy (IT) with MTX/AraC/DEX is mandatory, monthly, in patients without clinical-cytologic evidence of meningeal involvement, while in patients with CNS involvement it is performed twice weekly until clearance of leukemic cells, hence once weekly. IM will be administered at the dosage of 600 mg daily (300 mg twice daily) and Nilotinib at the dosage of 800 mg daily (400 mg twice daily) in all courses. All patients are scheduled to receive at least 4 courses of either drugs, for a total of 4 courses (4 x 6 = 24 weeks). After 4 courses, patients are either allowed to continue the treatment until relapse or progression, if it is in their interest, or to discontinue the treatment and receive other therapies.
The benefit of current stem cell transplantation therapy for myocardial infarction is limited by low survival rate for stem cell. The purpose of this study is to test whether intensive Atorvastatin therapy can improve the outcome of patients with impaired left ventricle function after myocardial infarction who underwent intracoronary transfer of autologous bone marrow cells.
Any time the words "you," "your," "I," or "me" appear, it is meant to apply to the potential participant. The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if thiotepa, busulfan, and clofarabine, when given before an allogeneic (bone marrow , blood, or cord blood cells) or haploidentical (bone marrow) stem cell transplantation can help to control cancers of the bone marrow and lymph node system. The safety of this treatment will also be studied. This is an investigational study. Thiotepa and clofarabine are FDA approved and commercially available for the treatment of leukemia. Busulfan is FDA approved and commercially available for use in stem cell transplantation. The combination of thiotepa, clofarabine, and busulfan together with a stem cell transplant is investigational. Up to 60 participants will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.