Active clinical trials for "Myelodysplastic Syndromes"

The purpose of this study is to compare outcome of high risk myelodysplasia patients aged from 50 to 70 years with or without HLA compatible (9 or 10 identities / 10) donor. High risk myelodysplasia includes IPSS intermediate 2 and high myelodysplasia and patients with sever thrombocytopenia. Patients are registered when they acquire risk factors.

The investigators are interested in identifying patient-specific factors related to donor chimerism in patients who receive nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplants from haploidentical donors. We will look how patients' bodies break down and immediately respond to cyclophosphamide, fludarabine and mycophenolate mofetil.

The purpose of this study is to provide Decitabine to patients with Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) of all FAB (French-American-British) subtypes and Intermediate-1, Intermediate-2, and High-Risk International Prognostic Scoring System groups, including both previously treated and untreated patients.

This is a multi-center, Phase II, cross-sectional study comparing quality of life (QOL) as assessed by patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in older (≥65 years) adults vs younger (55-64 years) undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

Participants in the expanded access program are adults with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes who have no other treatment options available. The main aim of this program is to allow participants to have access to pevonedistat before FDA approval. This program will take place in the United States.

The goal of this research study is to test a quality-of-life questionnaire called QUALMS-1 in patients with MDS. This is an investigational study. Up to 240 participants will be enrolled in this multicenter study. Up to 175 will take part at MD Anderson.

The elderly comprise the most prevalent population in oncology practice. The available evidence suggests that old patients are undertreated patients, mainly because of their advanced age, regardless of whether they are highly functional patients, they do not present co morbidities and could benefit from oncology therapies. Treatment planning must consider several health indices that are useful when it comes to detecting geriatric problems that could affect the patient's treatment experience. The complete comprehensive geriatric evaluation stands out as cornerstone among other validated tools that do not work as isolated instruments; however, its length and complexity may hinder its routine use in clinical practice for decision making. The purpose of this study is to validate a comprehensive health status assessment scale in elderly patients (≥65 years) with hematological malignancies that, while integrating the essential dimensions of geriatric assessment and, with the same precision as the currently available valid tools, is shorter and easier to apply, so it can be incorporated into the daily practice and that aids in clinical decision making objectively. If so, this information would help identify patients that could benefit from a specific oncology treatment, thus contributing to developing a targeted intervention plan and to optimizing the cancer results in this patient population.

Genzyme will evaluate/monitor the off label transplant use of plerixafor using data in the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) registry. Off-label use of plerixafor will be collected for data entered over a 5 year time span (i.e., data entered into the registry between the date of European Union (EU) marketing authorization [31 July 2009] and 31 July 2014). The EBMT is a non-profit, scientific society representing more than 600 transplant centers mainly in Europe. The EBMT promotes all activity aiming to improve stem cell transplantation or cellular therapy, which includes registering all the activity relating to stem cell transplants. Data are entered, managed, and maintained in a central database with internet access; each EBMT center is represented in this database. The collection by the EBMT registry of reasons for the off-label transplant use of plerixafor shall provide information of a substantial number of patients who are representative of the patient population receiving plerixafor off-label.

In myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) the knowledge about chromosomal aberrations is important for diagnosis, pathogenesis, prognosis and treatment. Usually, chromosomal anomalies in MDS patients are detected in bone marrow cells by chromosome banding analyses of metaphases. Alternatively or additionally they can be diagnosed by Fluorescence-in-Situ-Hybridization (FISH). The investigators here present a novel method for cytogenetic monitoring of MDS patients from peripheral blood which is representative for the clone size in bone marrow cells. The purpose of this prospective multicenter non-interventional diagnostic study is to detect and to follow chromosomal aberrations from peripheral blood closely, to assess karyotype evolution, to detect rare abnormalities and to correlate the molecular-cytogenetic results with peripheral blood counts, bone marrow morphology and treatment modalities and responses.

To utilise extended platelet parameters in order to individuate Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) from hypo-proliferative causes of thrombocytopenia. To develop the clinical potential of the extended platelet parameters as they pertain to distinguishing different causes of thrombocytopenia from one another. To test the hypothesis that mean platelet component (MPC) and mean platelet mass (MPM) might distinguish between thrombocytopenia related to bone marrow dysfunction and immune mediated destruction of platelets.