Clinical trials: Myelodysplastic Syndromes, de Novo
Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm
MS-275 in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of MS-275 in treating patients who have hematologic cancer.
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT00015925
- Testing
- entinostat
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Cancer
Prevention of Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation
RATIONALE: Bone marrow transplantation may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy or radiation therapy used to kill tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00003538
- Testing
- graft versus host disease prophylaxis/therapy, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Cancer
Natural History Study of Fungal Infections of the Blood in Patients With Cancer or in Patients Who Have Undergone a Stem Cell Transplant
RATIONALE: Gathering information about how often fungal infections of the blood occur in patients with cancer or in patients who have undergone stem cell transplant may help doctors learn more about the disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00445952
- Testing
- clinical observation, management of therapy complications
- Where
- 5 sites in Belgium, France and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 304 people
- Sponsor
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Paricalcitol in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome
RATIONALE: Paricalcitol is a form of vitamin D that may help myelodysplastic cells develop into normal bone marrow cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of paricalcitol in treating patients who have…
- Trial name
- NCT00064376
- Testing
- paricalcitol
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Graft Versus Host Disease
Donor Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Advanced Hematologic Cancer or Other Disorders
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy and total-body irradiation before a donor peripheral stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer or abnormal cells.
- Conditions
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia, Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00544115
- Testing
- busulfan, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Leukemia
Interleukin-2 Plus Interferon Alfa in Treating Adults With Metastatic Cancer
RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill metastatic cancer cells. Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of the cancer cells.
- Conditions
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT00002504
- Testing
- aldesleukin, recombinant interferon alfa
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Breast Cancer, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
Alemtuzumab and Glucocorticoids in Treating Newly Diagnosed Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Patients Who Have Undergone a Donor Stem Cell Transplant
RATIONALE: Alemtuzumab and glucocorticoids, such as prednisone or methylprednisolone, may be an effective treatment for acute graft-versus-host disease caused by a donor stem cell transplant.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor, Graft Versus Host Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00410657
- Testing
- alemtuzumab, methylprednisolone, prednisone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Graft Versus Host Disease
Sargramostim in Reducing Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Patients Who Are Undergoing Donor Stem Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Cancer or Aplastic Anemia
RATIONALE: Colony-stimulating factors such as sargramostim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy or…
- Conditions
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia, Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00053157
- Testing
- sargramostim
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Negative, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Fludarabine Phosphate and Total Body Irradiation Followed by a Donor Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes or Myeloproliferative Disorders
This phase II trial studies the side effects and best dose of total-body irradiation when given together with fludarabine phosphate followed by a donor peripheral stem cell transplant in treating patients with myelodysplastic…
- Conditions
- Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Negative, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, de Novo Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Essential Thrombocythemia
- Trial name
- NCT00397813
- Testing
- Cyclosporine, Fludarabine Phosphate, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia
Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer or Other Hematologic or Metabolic Diseases
RATIONALE: Umbilical cord blood transplantation may be able to replace cells destroyed by chemotherapy or radiation therapy. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of umbilical cord blood transplantation in treating…
- Conditions
- Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Thymic Carcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT00003662
- Testing
- anti-thymocyte globulin, busulfan, cyclophosphamide
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities, Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q)
Clofarabine, Cytarabine, and Filgrastim in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Advanced Myelodysplastic Syndrome, and/or Advanced Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
This phase II trial is studying how well giving clofarabine and cytarabine together with filgrastim works in treating patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), advanced myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and/or…
- Conditions
- Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities, Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(15;17)(q22;q12)
- Trial name
- NCT01101880
- Testing
- filgrastim, clofarabine, cytarabine
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Kidney Cancer, Leukemia
Voriconazole in Preventing Fungal Infections in Children With Neutropenia After Chemotherapy
RATIONALE: Voriconazole may be effective in preventing systemic fungal infections following chemotherapy. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of voriconazole in preventing systemic fungal infections in children who…
- Conditions
- Kidney Cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT00066599
- Testing
- voriconazole
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Cancer
Emergency Use of Donor Lymphocytes in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Donor Stem Cell Transplant and Have Cytomegalovirus Infections
RATIONALE: White blood cells that have been treated in the laboratory may kill cells that are infected with cytomegalovirus. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying how well cytotoxic T cells work in treating patients who have…
- Trial name
- NCT00769613
- Testing
- cytomegalovirus IE-1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, cytomegalovirus pp65-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, therapeutic allogeneic lymphocytes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia, Adult Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma
Fludarabine Phosphate, Low-Dose Total-Body Irradiation, and Donor Stem Cell Transplant Followed by Cyclosporine, Mycophenolate Mofetil, Donor Lymphocyte Infusion in Treating Patients With Hematopoietic Cancer
This clinical trial studies fludarabine phosphate, low-dose total-body irradiation, and donor stem cell transplant followed by cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, and donor lymphocyte infusion in treating patients with…
- Conditions
- Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia, Adult Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma, Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00006251
- Testing
- total-body irradiation, fludarabine phosphate, cyclosporine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Italy
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Donor Stem Cell Transplant After Busulfan, Fludarabine, and Antithymocyte Globulin in Treating Patients With Hematological Cancer
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a donor bone marrow stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. Chemotherapy and antithymocyte globulin stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells.
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT00627666
- Testing
- anti-thymocyte globulin, busulfan, fludarabine phosphate
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission
Cyclophosphamide for Prevention of Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Hematological Malignancies
This phase II trial studies how well cyclophosphamide works in preventing chronic graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant in patients with hematological malignancies.
- Conditions
- Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission, Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7), Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission
- Trial name
- NCT01427881
- Testing
- cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Leukemia, Lymphoma
Donor Stem Cell Transplant After Conditioning Therapy in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer, Recurrent or Metastatic Solid Tumor, or Other Disease
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer or abnormal cells. It also helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells.
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00521430
- Testing
- anti-thymocyte globulin, busulfan, cyclosporine
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
Cancer
Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Patients Who Have Undergone Donor Stem Cell Transplant
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to chronic graft-versus-host disease in patients who…
- Trial name
- NCT00957736
- Testing
- polymorphism analysis, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 252 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Myeloproliferative Disorders, Kidney Cancer
Early Administration of ATG Followed by Cyclophosphamide, Busulfan and Fludarabine Before a Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Patients With Hematological Cancer
RATIONALE: Giving low doses of chemotherapy before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It may also stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells.
- Conditions
- Myeloproliferative Disorders, Kidney Cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00787761
- Testing
- anti-thymocyte globulin, busulfan, cyclophosphamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Northside Hospital, Inc.
Cancer
Itraconazole Compared With Fluconazole to Prevent Infections in Patients Undergoing Peripheral Stem Cell or Bone Marrow Transplantation
RATIONALE: Giving itraconazole or fluconazole may be effective in preventing infections in patients undergoing peripheral stem cell or bone marrow transplantation.
- Trial name
- NCT00003883
- Testing
- fluconazole, itraconazole
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 578 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center