Clinical trials: Other Hematologic Condition
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
Hemoglobinopathies, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessments of the Heart and Liver Iron Load in Patients With Transfusion Induced Iron Overload
This study will evaluate the change in cardiac iron load over a 53 week period measured by MRI in 2 cohorts of patients
- Conditions
- Hemoglobinopathies, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Other Inherited or Acquired Anaemia, MPD Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00673608
- Testing
- deferasirox
- Where
- 4 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis
Thalassemia, Non-transfusional-dependent Thalassemia (NTDT), Myeloplastic Dysplasia (MDS), Other Anemia
An Epidemiological Study to Assess Iron Overload Using MRI in Patients With Transfusional Siderosis (TIMES Study)
Iron, one of the most common elements in nature and the most abundant transition metal in the body, is readily capable of accepting and donating electrons.
- Trial name
- NCT01736540
- Testing
- MRI scan
- Where
- 13 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 243 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals