Active clinical trials for "Leukemia"

This is a phase II multi-institutional therapeutic study of a non-myeloablative T cell receptor (TCR) alpha/beta depleted haploidentical transplantation with post-transplant immune reconstitution using ALT-803 for the treatment of high-risk myeloid leukemia (AML), treatment-related/secondary AML, and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

This phase II trial studies how well ibrutinib or idelalisib works in treating patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, small lymphocytic lymphoma, or non-Hodgkin lymphoma that is persistent or has returned (relapsed) after donor stem cell transplant. Ibrutinib and idelalisib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if urelumab given in combination with rituximab can help to control CLL or SLL. The safety of the drug combination will also be studied.

This is a Phase 2a, Open-label, one arm study in which the eligible patients will be treated with IV Nerofe, three times a week in 28 days cycles (up to 12 cycles). Evaluation will include safety procedures, blood level of study drug in certain time points, immune system response and tests checking the mechanism of the drug action.

This study evaluates the use of ETC-1907206 in combination with dasatinib in certain types of blood cancers. The first phase of the study (1A) is designed to find the highest tolerated dose of ETC-1907206, while the second phase (1B) will assess the safety and tolerability of the recommended dose of ETC-1907206. ETC-1907206 has been designed to block the activity of an enzyme of the body known as Mnk kinase, which is thought to be involved in the development of a variety of cancers.

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of romidepsin and lenalidomide when combined with rituximab and to see how well this combination works in treating patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that has returned (recurrent) or did not respond to treatment (refractory). Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, may block cancer growth in different ways by targeting certain cells. Romidepsin and lenalidomide may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving rituximab together with romidepsin and lenalidomide may be a better treatment for B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if researchers can successfully and safely give patients who have had a stem cell transplant an infusion of white blood cells (called T-cells) that have been collected from an unrelated person, and that have been genetically changed. The process of changing the DNA (genetic material) of these T-cells is called "gene transfer." The gene transfer involves drawing blood from an unrelated donor, separating out T cells using a machine, changing the cells' DNA in the laboratory, and returning the genetically changed cells back to the body. T-cells are a type of white blood cell that fight infection. The type of gene transfer being used in this study is designed to help your T-cells to better fight cancer by targeting a chemical marker that is found on certain cancer cells. Researchers want to learn if these genetically-changed T-cells can help to control B-cell leukemia or lymphoma after a stem cell transplant. Researchers want to find out the highest tolerable dose of these T-cells that can be given to patients with relapsed leukemia or lymphoma.

Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a major adverse effect of chemotherapy. This study is determining the incidence of vomiting/retching of the standard induction chemotherapy regimen for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are also receiving an antiemetic known as aprepitant. The standard frontline chemotherapy for patients with AML consists of cytarabine given as a 7 day continuous infusion plus 3 days of an anthracycline, most commonly daunorubicin, on days 1-3. This is known as the 3+7 regimen. Antiemetic treatments are usually given to patients for nausea and vomiting. Granisetron (a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist) is used on the 3 daunorubicin days and other antiemetics can be used for breakthrough nausea/vomiting. This study will test that the prophylactic use of aprepitant, in addition to the standard antiemetic regimen used at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), will reduce the incidence of delayed onset vomiting/retching by Day 5 in AML patients receiving the standard 3+7 regimen, compared to retrospective data using this regimen.

This study will determine the safety and applicability of experimental forms of umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation for patients with high risk hematologic malignancies who might benefit from a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) but who do not have a standard donor option (no available HLA-matched related donor (MRD), HLA-matched unrelated donor (MUD)), or single UCB unit with adequate cell number and HLA-match).

Advances in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) therapy led to an expected survival prolongation of > 20 years after diagnosis. So far, discontinuation of tyrosine kinase inhibitors led to recurrence of disease in the majority of patients. The trial aims to improve treatment strategies in CML by improving induction therapy and deescalating maintenance therapy using low dose IFN as inducer of immunosurveillance. The trial will provide important data on the duration of active therapy in CML patients. Considering the rapidly increasing prevalence of CML this is of individual but also socioeconomic importance.