Active clinical trials for "Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute"

This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of tipifarnib and etoposide in treating older patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. Tipifarnib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving tipifarnib together with etoposide may kill more cancer cells

The purpose of this study is to determine if giving tipifarnib after standard treatment will prevent leukemia from coming back (relapsing). Tipifarnib belongs to a class of drugs called Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitors (FTI). It blocks proteins that make leukemia cells grow.

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies such as gemtuzumab ozogamicin can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy such as cytarabine use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining gemtuzumab ozogamicin with cytarabine may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining gemtuzumab ozogamicin with cytarabine in treating patients who have relapsed acute myeloid leukemia.

Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PSC 833 may increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy by making cancer cells more sensitive to the drugs. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill cancer cells. This randomized phase III trial is studying giving combination chemotherapy together with PSC 833 followed by a peripheral stem cell transplant with or without interleukin-2 to see how well it works compared to combination chemotherapy alone followed by a peripheral stem cell transplant with or without interleukin-2 in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Deoxycytidine may protect patients from the side effects of high-dose cytarabine. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of high-dose cytarabine given with deoxycytidine in treating patients who have refractory acute myelogenous leukemia or other lymphoma or leukemia.

The radio-labeled anti-CD66 monoclonal antibody (with 111In for dosimetry and 90Y for therapy) will be administered in the T11 North room, UCLH, while the reduced intensity conditioning regimen and the allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant will be performed in 2 centers, according to the age of the patient: A) patients aged < 13 years will be transplanted at the Bone Marrow Transplantation Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), and B) patients aged 13-18 years will be transplanted at the Bone Marrow Transplantation Department, University College London Hospitals (UCLH).

Up Until now, there is not well acepted treatment for relapsed/refractory (rr) acute myeloid luekemia (AML), which has low complete response and poor survival. According to different guildlines, clinical trial is the first choice for the treatment of rrAML. High expression of BCL-2 and hypermethylation are very important factors for drug resistance in AML. Lots of studies have reported combination of BCL-2 inhibitor with hypomethylating agents (HMA) showed a promising efficacy in elder or unfit patients with newly diagnosed AML, however, presented not that exciting curing effect in rrAML. It is known that overexpression of MCL-1 and BCL-XL is the main reason for leukemia cells being resistant to BCL2 inhibitors. Since Homoharringtonine (HHT) could downregulate MCL-1 and BCL-XL in leukemia cells, there might be a synergic effect for combination of BCL-2 inhibitors with HHT, which has been proven in the treatment of lymphoma. Yet, there is not a report for the use of this combination in AML. In this single arm multi-centers prospective study, adult patients with rrAML are included and treated with BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax at a dose of 400mg per day for 14 days, combined with azacitidine (AZA) at a dose of 75mg/m2 per day for 7 days, and HHT 1mg/m2 per day for 7 days, and then the eficacy and safety of HVA regimens as salvage treatment in rrAML are assessed.

Acute Myeloid Leukemias (AML) of the child are a rare disease and its prognosis varies according to the subgroup. Secondary AMLs remain a subgroup of poor prognosis, whose cytogenetic and molecular characteristics and prognostic value differ in part from de novo AMLs. The purpose of this national observatory is to record scientific and medical information on cases of secondary AML that have occurred in France since 2013 in order to improve the treatment of children and adolescents with this disease in the years to come. This national observatory will contribute to better knowledge and progress in research into these diseases.

This study will assess the safety and preliminary efficacy of escalating doses of SHR-1702 monotherapy in relapsed/refractory AML and intermediate-high risk MDS

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the white blood cells which perform many functions, including fighting bacterial infections and defending the body against parasites. This study will evaluate how safe venetoclax is and assess the adverse events in adult participants with AML. Venetoclax in combination with low-dose cytarabine (LDAC) is an approved therapy in the United States for patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) aged > 18 years with a medical condition that prevents the use of intensive chemotherapy. This study provides access to venetoclax in combination with LDAC to participants over 18 years who are ineligible for intensive induction therapy. Around 38 adult participants with diagnosis of AML will be enrolled in approximately 15 sites across Japan. Participants will receive oral venetoclax tablets once daily on days 1-28 in combination with subcutaneous low-dose cytarabine (LDAC) injections once daily on days 1-10 of the 28-day treatment cycles. Participants will attend regular visits during the study at a hospital to evaluate safety by medical assessments and blood tests.