
Clinical Trial of OPB-111077 in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Acute Myeloid LeukemiaPhase Ib, open-label, dose-escalation clinical trial to evaluate the best-tolerated doses in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) relapsed or refractory to chemotherapy. This open-label, nonrandomized trial will comprise 2 stages. A dose escalation stage will characterize the safety, tolerability and maximum tolerated dose (MTD), of OPB-111077. Subsequently, an expansion stage will further evaluate the safety and antitumor activity of OPB-111077 in AML relapsed or refractory to chemotherapy. Enrollment to the expansion cohort will begin following determination of the MTD. Approximately 6-12 patients will be included in the phase I part of this clinical trial. Additional patients will be included in the expansion cohort up to a total of 15 patients. The expansion cohort will serve to further evaluate safety simultaneously with preliminary efficacy. Patients will be selected and included in the study after testing the response to the drug with the Vivia Biotech ex vivo CDx PharmaFlow PM test. PharmaFlow PM test is a companion diagnostic (CDx) tool that provides a complete pharmacological profile for each individual, allowing the detection of patients resistant to OPB-111077 and enriching the study in patients that respond to the drug. The third of patients more sensitive to OPB-11077 wil be included in the study.

Personalized Kinase Inhibitor Therapy Combined With Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Newly...
Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaAcute Myeloid LeukemiaThis phase IB trial studies the feasibility of using a functional laboratory based study to determine how well the test can be used to select personalized kinase inhibitor therapy in combination with standard chemotherapy in treating patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It also evaluates safety and potential efficacy. Kinase inhibitor is a type of substance that blocks an enzyme called a kinase. Human cells have many different kinase enzymes, and they help control important cell functions. Certain kinases are more active in some types of cancer cells and blocking them may help keep the cancer cells from growing. Testing samples of blood from patients with AML and ALL in the laboratory with kinase inhibitors may help determine which kinase inhibitor has more activity against cancer cells and which one should be combined with standard of care chemotherapy. Drugs used in chemotherapy 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. Giving a personalized kinase inhibitor therapy combined with standard chemotherapy may be a better treatment for AML and ALL.

A Study of Indoximod in Combination With (7+3) Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute...
Acute Myeloid LeukemiaThe purpose of this study is to characterize the regimen limiting toxicities (RLT) and recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of indoximod in patients with newly diagnosed AML receiving remission induction chemotherapy with cytarabine and idarubicin.

Pioglityazone and Imatinib for CML Patients
LeukemiaMyeloid1 moreThis project is a Phase II clinical trial that aims at evaluating efficacy and tolerance of the combination of pioglitazone (Actos®) and imatinib mesylate (STI571, CGP57148, Gleevec®) in patients with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) in stable major molecular response (i.e. a BCRABL/ABL ratio assessed by RTQ-PCR equal to or lower than 0.1% according to the European Leukemia Net recommendations) after at least 2 years of therapy with imatinib. Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec®) is the gold standard for the treatment of CML in chronic phase (O Brian et al. 2003, Druker et al. 2006). Despite a high efficacy of the drug, CML is not eradicated by imatinib alone in almost any of the patients. Treatment discontinuation in patients treated by imatinib and in complete molecular remission for more than 2 years yield molecular relapses within 6 months in half of the patients,indicating the persistence of CML progenitor cells. STAT5 expression is required for CML stem cell engraftment and expansion in mouse models. STAT5 is the target of the dysregulated activity of BCR-ABL in CML. Recently, Stephane Prost et al. demonstrated that PPAR-γ is a negative regulator of STAT5A and STAT5B gene expression. Data obtained suggest that PPAR-γ agonists may have potential therapeutic value in reversing myeloproliferative disorders. On the basis of our preclinical studies, we went ahead and administered pioglitazone to one patient who suffered from both diabetes type II and CML with residual disease after continuous treatment with Gleevec. The amount of BCR-ABL transcript detected by QPCR decreased dramatically during the first 3 months of combined (Gleevec + ACTOS) therapy to become undetectable thereafter until 9 months post-treatment, the latest time point assessed. This striking anecdotal result now forms the rationale for filing this formal Phase II clinical trial application.

A Study of Continued Treatment Among Participants Who Have Responded to Peginterferon Alfa-2a (Pegasys®)...
Chronic Myelogenous LeukemiaMalignant Melanoma1 moreThis open label extension study will give an opportunity to the participants that have responded to the treatment with Pegylated-Interferon Alfa-2a (Pegasys) or Recombinant Interferon Alfa-2a (Roferon-A®) in prior clinical studies NO15753 (NCT00003542) for Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), NO15764 (NCT number not available) and NO16006 (NCT02736721) for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), and NO16007 (NCT number not available) for Malignant Melanoma (MM).

Tacrolimus, Bortezomib, & Thymoglobulin in Preventing Low Toxicity GVHD in Donor Blood Stem Cell...
Acute LeukemiaChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia11 moreThis phase II trial studies how well tacrolimus, bortezomib, and anti-thymocyte globulin (thymoglobulin) work in preventing low toxicity graft versus host disease (GVHD) in patients with blood cancer who are undergoing donor stem cell transplant. Tacrolimus and anti-thymocyte globulin may reduce the risk of the recipient's body rejecting the transplant by suppressing the recipient's immune system. Giving bortezomib after the transplant may help prevent GVHD by stopping the donor's cells from attacking the recipient. Giving tacrolimus, bortezomib, and anti-thymocyte globulin may be a better way to prevent low toxicity GVHD in patients with blood cancer undergoing donor stem cell transplant.

A Safety Study of SGN-CD33A in Combination With Standard-of-care in Patients With AML
Acute Myeloid LeukemiaAcute Myelogenous LeukemiaThis study will examine the safety profile of vadastuximab talirine (SGN-CD33A) by itself (monotherapy) or in combination with other standard treatments. The main purpose of this study is to find the best dose and schedule for SGN-CD33A when given in combination with standard induction treatment, in combination with standard consolidation treatment, or by itself for maintenance treatment. This will be determined by observing the dose-limiting toxicities (the side effects that prevent further increases in dose) of SGN-CD33A. In addition, the pharmacokinetic profile and anti-leukemic activity of the study treatment will be assessed.

Phase 1 Study of SGI-110 in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Acute Myeloid LeukemiaTo evaluate the tolerability and pharmacokinetics of SGI-110 when administered subcutaneously to Japanese patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Phase I/II Trial of Early Infusion of Rapidly-generated Multivirus Specific T Cells (MVST) to Prevent...
Chronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaCML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia)3 moreAllogeneic hematopoetic stem cell transplantation (SCT) is frequently complicated by life threatening viral reactivation. Conventional antiviral therapy is suboptimal for cytomegalovirus (CMV), adenovirus (AdV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and nonexistent for BK virus (BKV). An alternative approach to prevent viral reactivation is to infuse virus-specific cytotoxic T cells (CTL) prepared from the donor early after SCT. Such multivirus-specific CTL cells (MVST) have been successfully used in a number of centers to prevent or treat CMV, Ad and EBV. Activity of BKV-reactive cells has not been studied. Multi virus-specific T cells (MVST) are donor lymphocytes that are highly enriched for viral antigens and expanded in vitro before infusion into the transplant recipient. Viral reactivation is a particular problem inT cell depleted SCT. Median time to CMV reactivation is estimated as 28 days post T-depleted transplant, but infusion of MVST within the immediate post-SCT period has not been previously studied. This protocol will be the first of a planned series of cellular therapies to be layered on our existing T lymphocyte depleted transplant platform protocol 13-H-0144. The aim of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of very early infusion of MVST directed against the four most common viruses causing complications after T-depleted SCT. GMP-grade allogeneic MVST from the stem cell donor will be generated using monocyte-derived donor dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with overlapping peptide libraries of immunodominant antigens from CMV, EBV, Ad, and BKV and expanded in IL-7 and IL-15 followed by IL-2 for 10-14 days. A fraction of the routine donor leukapheresis for lymphocytes obtained prior to stem cell mobilization will be used to generate the MVST cells. MVST passing release criteria will be cryopreserved ready for infusion post SCT. Eligible subjects on NHLBI protocol 13-H-0144 will receive a single early infusion of MVST within 30 days (target day +14, range 0-30 days) post SCT. Phase I safety monitoring will continue for 6 weeks. Viral reactivation (CMV, EBV, Ad, BK) will be monitored by PCR by serial blood sampling. The only antiviral prophylaxis given will be acyclovir to prevent herpes simplex and varicella zoster reactivation. Subjects with rising PCR exceeding threshold for treatment, or those with clinically overt viral disease will receive conventional antiviral treatment. Patients developing acute GVHD will receive standard treatment with systemic steroids. These patients are eligible for reinfusion of MVST when steroids are tapered. The clinical trial is designed as a single institution, open label, non-randomized Phase I/II trial of MVST in transplant recipients, designed as 3-cohort dose escalation Phase I followed by a 20 subject extension Phase II at the maximum tolerated dose of cells. Safety will be monitored continuously for a period of 6 weeks post T cell transfer. The primary safety endpoint will be the occurrence of dose limiting toxicity, defined as the occurrence of Grade IV GVHD or any other SAE that is deemed to be at least probably or definitely related to the investigational product. The primary efficacy endpoint for the phase II will be the proportion of CMV reactivation requiring treatment at day 100 post transplant. Secondary endpoints are technical feasibility of MSVT manufacture, patterns of virus reactivation by PCR, and clinical disease from EBV, Ad, BK, day 100 non-relapse mortality.

A Study Evaluating Venetoclax in Combination With Low-Dose Cytarabine in Treatment-Naïve Participants...
Acute Myelogenous LeukemiaAMLThis study consists of two parts: A Phase 1 dose-escalation part that will evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetic profile of venetoclax in combination with low-dose cytarabine (LDAC), define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), and generate data to support a recommended Phase 2 dose (RPTD) in treatment-naïve participants with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML); and a Phase 2 part that will evaluate if the RPTD has sufficient efficacy and acceptable toxicity to warrant further development of the combination therapy.