Active clinical trials for "Leukemia"

Phase 2 study to assess the efficacy of INVAC-1, a DNA plasmid encoding a modified human telomerase reverse transcriptas (hTERT) protein, at a dose of 800 µg for 6 cycles 4 weeks apart on Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) eradication rate in the bone marrow, either as a single agent in a high risk "watch and wait" group (group 1 - 42 patients) or in combination with ibrutinib (group 2 - 42 patients), in patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). Pharmacodynamics and safety will also be assessed.

Primary Objective: Dose escalation: To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of SAR440234 administered as a single agent in participants with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (R/R AML), high risk myelodysplastic syndrome (HR-MDS), or B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), and determine the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) for the subsequent Expansion part. Expansion part: To assess the activity of single agent SAR440234 at the RP2D in participants with R/R AML or HR-MDS. Secondary Objective: To characterize the safety profile including cumulative adverse drug reactions. To evaluate the potential immunogenicity of SAR440234. To assess any preliminary evidence of hematologic response in the Dose Escalation Part.

This study will attempt to confirm the hypothesis that Idelalisib may represent a new therapeutic alternative for patients with ALL in a set of particularly complex scenarios: relapsed, refractory to conventional treatments, and old age. For this reason, the primary objective is the overall response rate [ORR, defined as complete response (CR) or CR with partial hematologic recovery (CRh) and response duration (RD) in adult patients with relapsed or refractory ALL, or in adult ALL patients who are not suitable for treatment with conventional therapies.

This study is an observational study of MIF involvement in retrospectively and prospectively included adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Standard care samples collected at diagnosis, after one course of treatment, at time of remission controls, and at time of relapse will be used. The first objective is to determine which AMLs have pre-leukemic stem cells that overexpress MIF. Cytogenetic and molecular (NGS) profiling will be performed at diagnosis. Blood and bone marrow plasma, as well as bone marrow mononuclear cells will be collected and stored. The expression of MIF and its receptor (CD74 and CXCR4) will be analysed. Their prognostic value will be also tested. The second objective is to test whether patients in complete remission have persistent pre-leukemic stem cells that overexpress MIF. Blood and bone marrow plasma, bone marrow mononuclear cells from patients in complete remission will be collected. MIF, CD74, and CXCR4 expression by hematopoietic cells at time of diagnosis and remission will be compared to determine which patients have a persistent overexpression/secretion of MIF. In the meantime, the persistence of initiating lesions in complete remission samples will be tested by NGS, digital PCR, FISH, or RT-PCR methods. The third objective is to develop a pre-clinical model to target MIF in immuno-compromised mice (NSG mice) transplanted with primary AML cells and cells with pre-leukemic lesions. TET2 depletion leads to MIF over-expression/secretion by hematopoietic cells and improved multi-lineage NSG-repopulation capacity. MIF inhibitors and anti-MIF antibodies will be tested in these pre-clinical TET2-depleted models. Xenotransplantation of selected primary AML samples and xenotransplantation of TET2 depleted hematopoietic stem cells into NSG mice will be used. The fourth objective is to understand how MIF is deregulated in pre-leukemic stem cells and how the MIF-dependent crosstalk between mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and pre-leukemic stem cells or normal hematopoietic cells works. The molecular mechanisms of MIF overexpression will be analyzed in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells from normal and leukemic bone marrow, with a focus on cells depleted in TET2 or DNMT3A. To study the cross-talk between hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, pre-leukemic stem cells, and bone marrow MSCs, co-culture experiments will be performed using available MSC cell lines and primary MSCs from healthy donors.

The purpose of the first part of this study is to establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of oral ciprofloxacin when given in combination with a fixed dose of oral etoposide in patients with resistant acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The purpose of the second part of this study is to determine if the established dose of oral ciprofloxacin in combination with oral etoposide is effective in the treatment of patients with resistant AML.

This phase II trial studies how well pioglitazone hydrochloride and tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy works in treating patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) that has come back after a period of improvement (relapsed) after a first TKI discontinuation. TKI may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking certain enzymes need for cell growth. Although TKI therapies are effective against CML, there are residual cancer cells called leukemia stem cells that are able to hide from TKIs. Pioglitazone is a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat diabetes and has been shown in laboratory studies to increase CML stem cell death when given together with TKI therapy. Giving pioglitazone with TKI therapy may be effective in treating patients with CML.

This was a multi-center Phase II study investigating the efficacy and safety of reinfusion of tisagenlecleucel in pediatric and young adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were treated with tisagenlecleucel and experience B cell recovery.

This is a Phase 1, 2-part, open-label, multicenter, first-in-human (FIH) study to assess the safety, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and preliminary clinical activity of TAS1553 administered orally to participants ≥18 years of age with relapsed or refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or other myeloid neoplasms where approved therapies have failed or for whom known life-prolonging therapies are not available. The AML population includes de novo AML, secondary AML, and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)-transformed into AML. Other myeloid neoplasms include accelerated phase myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), and chronic or accelerated phase MPN-unclassifiable (MPN-U) and MDS-MPN. Blast crisis phase of MPNs are considered secondary AML and will be included in the AML cohort. Part 1 is a multicenter, sequential group treatment feasibility study with 1 treatment arm and no masking (dose escalation). Part 2 is a multicenter, two-stage, multiple group, dose confirmation study with 1 treatment arm and no masking (exploratory dose expansion).

The purpose of this first-in-human study is to assess the safety, tolerability, antileukemic activity and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of GDX012 in AML patients who are MRD positive by multiparametric flow cytometry. The study will consist of a dose escalation stage to evaluate various doses of GDX012 after a lymphodepletion regimen comprising fludarabine and cyclophosphamide. Following determination of the MTD of GDX012, the study will expand at the MTD. Patients will be followed up for 12 months, after receiving GDX012.

Hospice care at the end of life (EOL) includes a multidisciplinary team that helps patients and families focus on symptom control and quality of life. For patients with "solid" (e.g. lung, breast) cancers it has been shown to improve quality of life for both patients and families. Unfortunately, patients with blood cancers (e.g. leukemia, lymphoma) often delay their enrollment and receive more aggressive care at the EOL. One factor in this delay is the inability for patients to receive blood transfusions while on hospice. Patients with blood cancers often require frequent blood transfusions near the EOL for symptom control. The structure of Medicare hospice benefit makes coverage for transfusions financially unfeasible for hospice agencies, and therefore patients with blood cancers will delay enrollment onto hospice in order to continue to receive blood transfusions. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether removing this financial burden, through external funding of blood transfusions for patients while on hospice, will encourage patients with blood cancers to enroll on hospice earlier and ultimately improve their and their caregivers EOL care.