Active clinical trials for "Leukemia"

The purpose of this study is to find out how safe and effective the combination of Mylotarg in combination with cytarabine is in treating patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and advanced Myelodysplastic Syndrome over the age of 60 years.

The study evaluates the efficacy and tolerability of a dose-reduced chemotherapy for the treatment of elderly patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In patients with expression of CD20 on leukemic cells the efficacy and tolerability of additional application of Rituximab together with chemotherapy is evaluated.

This study tests the effectivity and tolerability of treatment with alemtuzumab (MabCampath) in patients with relapsed or refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) or T-lymphoblastic lymphoma. In Arm A, patients with refractory relapse receive a 2 week treatment with MabCampath followed by remission evaluation. In case of insufficient response, treatment with cladribine is added. In Arm B, patients with molecular relapse (minimal residual disease) receive a 4 week treatment with MabCampath followed by remission evaluation. In both arms, treatment is continued in case of response for up to two months.

The study evaluates the efficacy and tolerability of an intensified induction and consolidation therapy. Thereafter patients receive individualised treatment stratified according to relapse risk with stem cell transplantation for patients with high and very high risk of relapse. Patients with standard risk receive further consolidation and reinduction chemotherapy. In parallel minimal residual disease (MRD) is evaluated. A MRD based risk stratification and treatment decision is developed.

This study aims to assess the rate of complete and overall response using rituximab and pentostatin with and without cyclophosphamide, to monitor and assess toxicity of this regimen, and to determine the overall and progression-free survival in CLL patients

RATIONALE: Giving colony-stimulating factors, such as G-CSF, helps stem cells move from the bone marrow to the blood so they can be collected and stored until transplant. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects of G-CSF in stimulating peripheral stem cells for autologous stem cell transplant in treating patients with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia in remission.

During the Core Phase of the study, participants received STI571 at a dose of 400 milligrams (mg) daily for up to 12 months. Participants completing 12 months of therapy were eligible to continue treatment in the Extension Phase of the study provided that, in the opinion of the investigator, they had benefited from treatment with STI571 and there were no safety concerns.

The study will assess the role of high-dose imatinib mesylate, in patients who have taken imatinib mesylate for at least 1 year at the standard dose, in achieving a major molecular response (a measure of the level of chronic myelogenous leukemia) versus the standard dose.

This trial is for various types of malignancies which may depend on certain enzymes (tyrosine kinases) for growth. The objective of this study is to assess to what extent imatinib mesylate blocks these enzymes and to assess the effect on the malignancy.

To test whether increasing the dose of imatinib or combining it with IFNalpha or ara-C increases the rate of molecular response (as measured by the decrease in BCR-ABL transcripts after 12 months of treatment) in patients with previously untreated CML in chronic phase. To compare overall survival in a selected arm according to molecular response at 1 year from randomization with the reference arm.