Active clinical trials for "Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute"

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of azacitidine (Vidaza) to conventional care regimens on overall survival in elderly AML patients.

This study is an open-label phase II trial to investigate the efficacy and toxicity of low-dose decitabine (5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine) in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) not eligible for aggressive induction chemotherapy. AML patients above the age of 60 years (no upper age limit) who have not previously received and are not eligible for, standard induction treatment of their disease will be eligible for this trial. Decitabine will be administered as a 3 hour infusion at 15 mg/m2 three times daily on three consecutive days (total dose 135 mg/m2). In all patients with > 20000 WBC/µl, this treatment will be repeated 1 week later. In patients with white blood cells exceeding 50 000/μl, decitabine treatment will be preceded by cytoreductive doses of hydroxyurea.

The study was set up to assess: A two-step, increasing-intensity remission induction phase. A conventional chemotherapy course (ICE, plus G-CSF) was followed, in unresponsive patients, by sequential high-dose cytarabine (plus G-CSF), aiming to provide an early effective rescue to as many refractory cases as possible. A risk-oriented postremission consolidation phase. The objective was to adopt allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) in high-risk (HR) cases, while standard-risk (SR) ones were consolidated with a multicycle high-dose cytarabine-containing program, which included the use of autologous stem cells plus G-CSF to limit drug-related toxicity and intercycle treatment delays.

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if clofarabine given in combination with cytarabine and decitabine can help to control the disease in patients with AML or MDS who are 60 years old or older. The safety of this treatment will also be studied.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a particular combination of drugs used to treat cancer.

The purpose of this study is to understand the safety profile of LY2181308 sodium administered in combination with idarubicin and cytarabine to patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

This is a Phase II trial conducted at multiple centers for evaluation of the pharmacodynamic activity and the overall response rate contributed by the combination agents of GTI-2040 and High Dose Cytarabine (HiDAC) in Refractory and Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of parathyroid hormone in combination with G-CSF when used as a stem cell mobilization regimen for patients who fail to mobilize sufficient progenitor stem cells after one or two attempts.

Primary Objective: 1. To evaluate whether 5 azacytidine (5-aza)/valproic acid (VPA) or low dose ara-C produces longer event free survival time in patients age > or = 60 years with untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) or high risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) who are typically ineligible for, or not placed on, studies of new agents. Secondary Objective: 1. To evaluate whether pre-treatment methylation/acetylation status in AML/MDS blasts predicts response to either therapy or whether the ability of the 5 azacytidine + valproic acid combination to induce demethylation or acetylation parallels response.

This randomized phase II trial studies azacitidine with or without entinostat to see how well they work compared to azacitidine alone in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, or acute myeloid leukemia. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as azacitidine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Entinostat may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving azacitidine together with entinostat may work better in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, or acute myeloid leukemia.