Active clinical trials for "Hematologic Neoplasms"

This study is aimed to determine the feasibility of obtaining and molecularly characterizing pre-treatment tumor biopsies, to determine the feasibility of obtaining and molecularly characterizing archival and post-treatment tumor biopsies, to assess molecular expression changes between archival and baseline tumor samples, and to assess molecular expression changes between tumor samples obtained at baseline and at the time of disease progression.

Febrile neutropenia requires prompt initiation of broad-spectrum antibiotics, which can be responsible for side-effects and selection of resistance. This study demonstrates the safety of an early discontinuation of empirical treatments, in carefully selected patients presenting with fever of unknown origin.

OPTIFIL is a pilot prospective multicenter study based over the hypothesis that the normalization of the functional imaging 18F-FDG-PET/CT during the Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) could occur earlier than that of conventional imaging. This study evaluates the therapeutic response through a systematic 18F-FDG-PET/CT at week 6. The latter response will be correlated with the kinetics of selected biomarkers including antigens (galactomannan, β-D glucans), circulating Aspergillus DNA and anti-Aspergillus host response markers in addition to the conventional imaging tools obtained at weeks 6 and 12.

Major weight loss and taste changes are well documented in patients with hematological cancer during chemotherapy. It has previously been documented, that such patients have preferences for much umami, a little sweet, sour and salt, and no bitter. The purpose of the study was to convert these results into real diets. Patients participated in two sensory pilot studies (n=10), where dishes were tested for preferences before and after chemotherapy. From these results four dishes were selected and tested on 32 patients in 30 days in a cross-over design. The diets resulted in a beneficial and statistical significant difference in weight development (p= 0.0008), with 1.2 ± 1.9 kg (+2%) in the intervention period and -2.8 ± 5.2 kg (-4%) in the control period. This difference persisted after sensitivity analysis (± 10%) p= 0.005. However, the nutritional intake was still low in both periods, and the treatment with cytarabin turned out to be a major confounder as dosage was significantly higher in the control period.

Patients with relapsed/ refractory acute leukemia and relapsed/ refractory aggressive lymphoma harboring an activating genetic alteration (gene mutation, gene fusion) or drug-able biomarker / activated signal transduction pathway and resistant to any approved treatment modality will be eligible for this study. The investigators aim to combine DNA sequencing-based molecular profiling with an ex vivo high-throughput drug screening strategy. For the latter method, viable cells are obtained from the individual patient's lymphoma or leukemia in order to determine i)the expression of relevant therapeutic target molecules and ii)the ex vivo response of the patient's cancer cells to a panel of agents with anticancer activity. In addition, analysis of tumor stroma cells will provide information about the differential target expression and cellular sensitivity aiming at the evaluation of a therapeutic safety window. Thereby, biological material will have to be accessed within 4 weeks before onset of individualized treatment (real-time biopsy). Bioinformatic data-management based on a Bayesian statistical approach will support individualized treatment decisions in this controlled clinical approach.

Melphalan is a chemotherapy drug used extensively in bone marrow transplantation. The goal of this study is to determine what causes some children to have different drug concentrations of melphalan in their bodies and if drug levels are related to whether or not a child experiences severe side-effects during their bone marrow transplant. The hypothesis is that certain clinical and individual factors cause changes in melphalan drug levels in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients and that high levels may cause severe side-effects.

This study evaluates the change of quality of life, treatment decision and utilization of health care depending on the use of palliative care in advanced cancer patients by a prospective cohort study. Participants will be separated into different groups by their intentions for using palliative care. Every participant will carry out the questionnaire per 3 months. This cohort study will be ended a year after each participant enrolls. However, if the participant didn't survive during this study, the caregivers will be asked to fill out additional questionnaire after 3 months of the death.

The primary objective of this study is to establish the feasibility and value of physical fitness assessment within patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy. If successful, this project will establish the groundwork for physical function assessment in larger cancer clinical trials to assist patient selection and evaluation of toxicity and/or response among trial participants.

D1. Primary Objective: 1. Determine the immunogenicity of FDA approved COVID-19 vaccination in patients with hematologic malignancies D2. Secondary Objectives: Assess the safety of FDA approved COVID-19 vaccination in patients with hematologic malignancies Analyze the kinetics of immunogenic response over time after receipt of the COVID-19 vaccination Compare the immunogenicity of different COVID-19 vaccinations that will be approved by the FDA Analyze advanced flow immunophenotyping of innate and adaptive immune blood cells in all participants and correlate with response to vaccination

This is a clinical study of CD19 / CD20 CAR-T cell infusion in the treatment of relapsed or refractory hematological malignancies in CD19 / CD20 positive B cell lines. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of autologous chimeric antigen receptor T cell infusion targeting CD19/CD20 in the treatment of relapsed or refractory CD19 / CD20 positive B cell line hematological malignancies.