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Filter by:This multi-center, open-label study will evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and efficacy of RO5429083 alone and in combination with cytarabine in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia. In Part A, patients will receive multiple escalating doses of RO5429083 intravenously. In Part B, patients will receive RO5429083 plus up to 4 cycles of cytarabine (1000 mg/m2 iv daily for 5 consecutive days). Anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs.
Drug resistance resulting from emergence of Imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL clones is a significant problem in Ph positive ALL patients because after a very good initial response to one TKI inhibitor, many patients relapse within one year, relapse being almost always associated with a BCR-ABL kinase domain point mutation. The patients who relapse after treatment with one TKI can be rescued to remission with another TKI, but the second remission is usually shorter than the previous one. A more potent TKI inhibitor, and pan-active not only on all the BCR-ABL variants (including the second generation TKI resistant T315I mutant), but also on others molecular targets can do better. In this context, Ponatinib is a novel synthetic orally active tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), specifically developed to inhibit BCR-ABL, the fusion protein that is the product of the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and in a subset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL). It potently inhibits the BCR-ABL protein as well as mutated forms of the protein that arise in patients resistant to prior therapies with TKIs. Ponatinib has been demonstrated to inhibit all the mutations that have been detected so far, in vitro and in vivo and to uniformly suppress the emerge of single-mutant clones in a mutagenesis assay. In the Phase II study, 41% of Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients treated with Ponatinib achieved major hematologic response, 47% had a major cytogenetic response, 38% obtained a complete cytogenetic response, showing that Ponatinib provides significant benefit despite previous intolerance or refractoriness to other TKIs. The Phase I trial showed that patients with a more recent diagnosis had increased rates of major molecular response: 79% for 14 patients with 0 to 5 years since diagnosis vs. 29% for 14 patients with more than 5 to 9 years since diagnosis (P=0.02) and 27% for 15 patients with more than 9 to 24 years since diagnosis (P=0.009). These characteristics support the hypothesis for a role of Ponatinib not only in patients resistant to prior TKI therapy but also in untreated ALL Ph+ patients, in order to prevent the emergence of resistant caused by the selection of mutated Ph+ clones and in order to avoid rapid progression of the disease.
Background: - Assessing pain levels is important to improve treatments for different illnesses. Most pain rating scales are used to determine pain levels in adults. Pain is also a common symptom among children who have cancer. Those who have genetic conditions that may lead to cancer may also have pain symptoms. However, the pain scales used for adults have not been fully tested in children and young adults. As a result, they may not be as accurate. Researchers want to test pain rating scales in children and young adults who have cancer and genetic conditions that can lead to cancer. Objectives: - To study the effectiveness of pain rating scales given to children and adults with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD),cancer, and related genetic conditions. Eligibility: - Adults 18 and 34 years of age and older who have SCD, cancer, or other genetic conditions that can lead to cancer. Design: - Participants with SCD, cancer or related genetic conditions will fill out four questionnaires. These questionnaires will ask about pain levels and how much pain interferes with daily life. - Pain treatments will not be provided as part of this study.
This multi-center, open-label, Phase 1b study will evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics and efficacy of RO5045337 in combination with cytarabine in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia. In Arm A, cohorts of previously untreated patients deemed unsuitable for standard induction therapy will receive escalating oral doses of RO5045377 and cytarabine 20 mg/m2 subcutaneously daily for Days 1 to 10 of each 28-day cycle. In Arm B, cohorts of patients who have relapsed or are refractory after at least one cytarabine/anthracycline containing regimen will receive escalating oral doses of RO5045377 on Days 1 to 5 and cytarabine 1 gm/m2 intravenously on Days 1 to 6 of each 28-day cycle. Patients will receive up to 4 cycles of therapy, patients in Arm A who achieve hematologic response may continue additional cycles until disease progression.
This is a phase I single center dose escalation study with an extension at the best available dose to determine the tolerability of inducible regulatory T cells (iTregs) when given to adult patients undergoing non-myeloablative HLA-identical sibling donor peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation for the treatment of a high risk malignancy. Up to 5 dose cohorts will be tested. Once the tolerable dose is determined for iTregs, enrollment will continue with an additional 10 patients using sirolimus/Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis to gain further safety information and to provide pilot data in this treatment setting.
This is a first in human, prospective, multicenter, nonrandomized, open-label, dose-escalation study to investigate the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and immunogenicity of repeat doses of CSL362.
RATIONALE: Testing for minimal residual disease in blood samples from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia may help doctors plan better treatment. PURPOSE: This research trial studies a genetic test in detecting minimal residual disease in samples from younger patients registered on COG-AALL08B1 trial.
Background: - Several types of blood cancer are associated with poor outcomes including high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Many people with MDS, CMML, and AML are not candidates for standard treatments. New types of treatment are needed for these cancers. - Clofarabine and lenalidomide are anticancer drugs. The first damages cancer cells in the body. The second can alter blood supply to abnormal cells or affect how the immune system attacks these cells. These drugs have been previously tested as treatments for MDS and leukemia. However, they have not been tried as a combination for MDS, CMML, and AML. Researchers want to see if these drugs are safe and effective for these types of cancer. Objectives: - To test the safety and effectiveness of clofarabine and lenalidomide for people with high-risk MDS, CMML, and AML. Eligibility: - Individuals at least 18 years of age who have high-risk MDS, CMML, and AML. - Participants must not be candidates for standard treatments. Design: - Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and bone marrow samples will be collected. - Participants will have 5 days of treatment with clofarabine. It will be given through a vein during an inpatient hospital stay. If there are no serious side effects after the infusion, participants will continue treatment as outpatients. - After 28 days, participants will have a bone marrow biopsy to check their response to treatment. - After the biopsy, participants will start lenalidomide treatment. Half of the participants will take the drug for 28 days (one treatment cycle). The other half will take it for 56 days (two cycles). More blood tests and biopsies will be used to monitor treatment. - If there are no serious side effects and the disease does not become worse, participants may keep taking lenalidomide at lower doses for up to 12 more cycles.
The purpose of this study is to find out what effects a new drug AT7519M has on chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The purpose of this study is to estimate the overall response rate of subjects with relapsed or refractory Adult T-cell Leukemia-Lymphoma (ATL).