Active clinical trials for "Leukemia"

This study will see if the researchers can lower that risk by giving the patient Palifermin. This drug helps protect the lining of the mouth, throat, and stomach. These areas typically get sores or ulcers while the blood cell counts are very low. The patient can get infections in or from these sores. Palifermin might also help the immune system recover faster. It is currently approved for patients who receive their own stem cells. That is called an autologous transplant. This study will test the use of Palifermin for T-cell depleted allogeneic stem cell transplants.

This multicenter, prospective phase III-study is to compare the administration of ATG FRESENIUS to the NON-administration of ATG FRESENIUS in a myeloablative conditioning regimen followed by allogeneic hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation from an HLA-identical sibling in patients with acute Leukemia. This clinical trial is to show that the administration of ATG FRESENIUS reduces the risk of chronic Graft-versus-Host disease after allogeneic stem cell transplantation from HLA-identical siblings.

The present study is a multicenter, prospective phase II-study investigating the combination of treosulfan, etoposide, and cyclophosphamide as conditioning regimen for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are not eligible for a TBI-containing regimen.

One of two different doses of thymoglobulin will allow bone marrow engraftment with minimal Graft-versus-Host Disease and allow adequate immune response to allow the transplanted stem cells to replace the tumor cells.

Ph+ leukemias (i.e.Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) and (Ph+) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia are malignant clonal disorder of the hemopoietic stem cell due to reciprocal translocation of genetic material between chromosome 9 and 22 giving rise to the translocation t(9;22) (q2.2; q2.1). The translocation causes the formation of a new hybrid gene (bcr-abl) that codes for a 185 kb or 210 kb cytoplasmic protein (P185 and P210 respectively) that by autophosphorylation activates a number of signaling pathways involved in cell proliferation, maturation, apoptosis and adhesion, leading to the malignant cell transformation1-3. The course of the disease goes on through a chronic phase (CP), usually lasting some years, that is characterized by a massive myeloid hyperplasia with hyperleukocytosis and splenomegaly. The CP is almost always followed by an accelerated or blastic phase (ABP) where the leukemic process acquires the characteristics of acute leukemia. The ABP usually lasts some months and terminates with the death of the patient3. The frequency of CML in western countries ranges between 10 and 15 per million persons (age - standardized). It is rare in children. The median age is 55 years. Current treatment of CML includes conventional chemotherapy, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo BMT), alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN)and imatinib.

The goal of this research study is to identify biologic and lifestyle factors that may increase a person's risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome after treatment for a previous cancer (treatment-related AML/MDS).

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.

The purpose of this research study is to collect, freeze and store leukemia cells from the blood or bone marrow of patients that have advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) that is not in clinical remission. This study is a companion study to DF/HCC clinical trial 06-196 in which the participants' own CLL cells may form part of a vaccine treatment for their leukemia.

Open label, randomised, phase III multicenter trial.

The purpose of this study is to see whether HLA-mismatched donor cells infusion with chemotherapy (microtransplantation，MST) could increase complete remission (CR) and improve survival in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)，the investigators conducted a prospective, multicenter clinical trial of HLA-mismatched MST to estimate outcomes and toxicities.