Active clinical trials for "Leukemia"

This is a phase 2 study looking at efficacy and toxicity of oral sirolimus in combination with oral methotrexate in children with refractory/relapsed ALL or NHL. Secondary objectives include characterizing the trough levels produced by administration of oral sirolimus in children with refractory/relapsed ALL/NHL and to evaluate the effect of sirolimus on intracellular targets related to mTOR inhibition.

This phase II clinical trial studies how well Akt inhibitor MK2206 works in treating patients with relapsed lymphoma. Akt inhibitor MK2206 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

"This is a single-arm, open-label, multi-center study of complete molecular response (CMR) in adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic phase (CML-CP). The study is designed to evaluate early and deep molecular responses up to 4 years on nilotinib treatment. The primary end point is Rate of confirmed CMR in newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive CML-CP patients."

The AML18 Pilot Trial will evaluate the feasibility of three interventions that are planned to be included in the forthcoming NCRI AML18 Trial. One intervention will be to evaluate combining the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor AC220 with three courses of standard DAE (Daunorubicin, Ara-C, Etoposide). AC220 will be given following each treatment course, daily by mouth for 7, 14 or 21 days. AC220 will be evaluated at 3 dose levels of 60, 90 and 135 mg flat dose. A 4th dose level of 40 mg will be introduced should patients not respond well to 60 mg. The second intervention to be tested is the combination of the CXCR4 inhibitor Plerixafor with up to three courses of the chemotherapy combination of DClo (Daunorubicin, Clofarabine). Patients/investigators will be able to choose which intervention to enter. Depending on recruitment requirements, only one intervention might be available at any one time. The third intervention Patients will receive 3 treatments of 100 mg of ganetespib on days 1, 8 and 15 of each course where day 1 is the first day of the chemotherapy. The chemotherapy will be DAE/DAE/DA. Three courses of chemotherapy will be given each of which will be associated with 3 administrations of ganetespib.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the bispecific T-cell engager blinatumomab is effective, safe and tolerable in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory B-precursor ALL.

Despite certain notable progress, treatment of patients with Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia (CLL) is still disappointing. Although thanks to the use of treatment of (immune) chemotherapy, mainly based on fludarabine, rituximab and alemtuzumab, the rate of complete response (CR) has increased from minus 10% observed when clorambucil was the core of the therapy to a 60-70%, with time all patients relapse and most of them die at the end due to the disease or to involvements related to the treatment. Progress when understanding the CLL biology have cleared a series of aspects: 1) there is a significant proportion of CLL cells actively copying themselves, contrary to the opinion that most of CLL cells are in G0 phase of the cell cycle; 2) Immune regulatory mechanism basically measured by T cells and NK cells have an important role in the continuous accumulation of CLL cells in the body; 3) Cells of the stroma are essential to maintain survival of CLL cells through a series of cytokines or chemokines. Under the light of this evidence, it is worth studying new treatment modes directed not only to CLL cells but also to the microenvironment and immune functions. Lenalidomide is being investigated as treatment for several oncologic indications including myelodysplastic syndromes, multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Within the scope of CLL, it has been proved that lenalidomide is active in patients with relapsing / treatment resistant CLL patients. Forty five patients with relapsing CLL, 51% resistant to fludarabine, where included in a phase II study and were treated orally with 25 mg of lenalidomide on days 1 to 21 of a cycle of 28 days. The total response rate was of 47% with up to a 9% of complete responses. The combination of lenalidomide with dexamethasone is being investigated in multiple myeloma and has revealed as a highly efficient treatment in relapsing/ treatment resistant patients as well as in those newly diagnosed. Bearing in mind that both drugs, lenalidomide and dexamethasone, are clinically active in CLL the investigators have designed a study with this combination in relapsing or treatment resistant patients following treatments containing fludarabine which do not meet the requirements for an intensive rescue treatment. Given initial doses of 10 and 25 mg of lenalidomide daily may be associated with tumor lysis cases, it is proposed a low initial dose of lenalidomide in the first cycle 2.5mg., with further increases to prevent the occurrence of tumor lysis syndrome

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a risk-adapted, minimal-residual-disease directed therapy for young adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia has positive results in terms of overall survival at 24 months.

Second-line induction therapy with fludarabine, idarubicin, cytarabine,Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and plerixafor, in patients with relapsed or refractory Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia (AML) aged 65 or younger.

RATIONALE: AT9283 may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase I/IIa clinical trial is studying the side effects and best dose of AT9283 in treating young patients with relapsed or refractory acute leukemia.

This multicenter, open label, dose-escalating study will evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and efficacy of RO5503781, administered once daily (QD) or once weekly (QW) in participants with advanced malignancies except leukemia. Participants will receive multiple escalating oral doses in two different dosing schedules (Sch) until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs.