Active clinical trials for "Leukemia"

This study aims to monitor the levels of soluble L-selectin (sCD62L) and secreted protein acidic rich in cysteine (SPARC) in chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CP-CML) patients at baseline and after three and six months of imatinib therapy and evaluated the effect of imatinib on their levels and correlated their levels to clinical and laboratory parameters.

The goal of this clinical trial is to test passive music therapy in patients receiving induction chemotherapy for an acute myeloblastic leukemia or undergoing an hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Can music therapy control physical and psychological symptoms and improve the mood and quality of life of these patients? Participants will be randomly assigned to the control and experimental group. Patients included in both groups will complete weekly mood and quality of life questionnaires. Those included in the experimental group will also complete daily symptom burden questionnaires before and after listening to a music therapy session. Researchers will confirm if the experimental group improves their symptoms after the music therapy session and will compare both groups to see if there are differences in mood and quality of life.

This is a retrospective observational study aimed at describing the characteristics and outcome of CLL patients included in the NPP in Italy in a period of time ranging from the start of the NPP until November, 30th 2014. A longitudinal survey will be carried out by collecting data of patients who received at least 1 dose of Ibrutinib. All patients will be observed for at least 12 months from the treatment start.

Cure of leukemia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is sustained by the anti-leukemic effect of the grafted cells (graft-versus-leukemia (GVL)). However, it is not known whether the tumor-immunity is affected by photochemotherapy (psoralene photosensitization and ultraviolet light radiation) administered to attenuate graft-versus host disease (GVHD). The present study aim to investigate what happens to the GVL after photochemotherapy of aGVHD in a predominantly retrospective setting with 10-years follow-up after HSCT

The aim of this study is to investigate levels of a protein, mannose binding lectin, in patients with acute leukemia who develop or not an invasive fungal infection.

Over recent decades, improvements have been made in the treatment of adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This has been mainly attributed to improvements in supportive therapy and to intensification of treatment strategies. The introduction of a post-induction myeloablative regimen followed by allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) has reduced the relapse rate in younger adults. However, this procedure is limited by the availability of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical donors and conventional SCT preparative regimens according to patient age. In the absence of a compatible donor, myeloablative chemotherapy followed by autologous peripheral blood (PB) SCT remains one treatment strategy in adult patients with AML, allowing 35 - 50% long-term survivors. Despite several advantages of the CD34+ cell mobilization procedure, recent data have shown that relapse was higher and leukemia-free survival (LFS) shorter compared with bone marrow (BM) autografts. Higher doses of CD34+ peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) are collected to ensure engraftment and possibly reduce the incidence of treatment-related mortality (TRM). Although there is a threshold CD34+ cell dose below which engraftment is delayed in AML, the positive linear correlation of the number of CD34+ cells and kinetics of engraftment reaches a limit above which an increase in the number of progenitor cells does not provide any additional benefit. Relapse has been shown to be higher and survival shorter for those who receive the highest CD34+ PB doses. Although highly active against the leukemia bulk, intensive chemotherapy often spares the hardiest leukemia stem cells (LSCs) responsible for relapse. Detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) in autologous PBSC products may reflect inadequate in vivo purging, at least in part responsible for relapse. Although representing a heterogeneous cell population including both normal and leukemia cells, and despite that recent data have challenged the CD34+ CD38- phenotype of LSCs in AML, the CD34+ CD38- cell population generally remains considered enriched for LSCs. In this setting, MRD remaining during morphological complete remission (CR) should be relatively enriched in CD34+ CD38- leukemia cells, and their persistence after CR achievement should correlate with disease recurrence. This was investigated in a cohort of 123 patients with AML following apheresis procedures after CR achievement. The investigators also studied the impact of the infused dose of subpopulations of CD34+ PB cells on the outcome of a subset of 71 patients who further underwent autologous PBSCT.

This is a post-authorization, retrospective multicentre observational nationwide study (PAS-OD). It will be conducted by reviewing medical records and database of patients who participated in the validation of the psychometric properties of the GAH study (CEL-GAH-2011-01). In all cases, only data prior to the start date of the study will be collected to ensure its retrospective nature, thereby reflecting routine clinical practice and non-interference in the physician's clinical practice

Infectious morbidity and mortality is a major complication of AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) induction and consolidation chemotherapies related aplasia. The main aim of this study is to measure incidence of respiratory viral infections during AML induction and consolidation chemotherapy related aplasia. Primary end point is a positive polymerase chain reaction(PCR)associated with clinical signs.

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more about biomarkers related to cancer. It may also help doctors find better ways to treat cancer. PURPOSE: This research trial studies gene expression in samples from patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

This randomized phase III trial is studying how well Caphosol rinse works in preventing mucositis in young patients undergoing autologous or donor stem cell transplant. Supersaturated calcium phosphate (Caphosol) rinse may be able to prevent mucositis, or mouth sores, in patients undergoing stem cell transplant.