147 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
This is a randomized phase II trial of standard-of-care reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) with 200 versus 400 cGy of total body irradiation (TBI) in patients with acute leukemia undergoing first allogeneic blood or marrow Transplantation (BMT). The primary objective is to compare the rates of graft-versus-host disease-free and relapse-free survival (GRFS) between patients in the two cohorts.
This phase II trial tests whether treosulfan, fludarabine, and rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) work when given before a blood or bone marrow transplant (conditioning regimen) to cause fewer complications for patients with bone marrow failure diseases. Chemotherapy drugs, such as treosulfan, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Fludarabine may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. rATG is used to decrease the body's immune response and may improve bone marrow function and increase blood cell counts. Adding treosulfan to a conditioning regimen with fludarabine and rATG may result in patients having less severe complications after a blood or bone marrow transplant.
This is a phase II study to evaluate efficacy of Acalabrutinib as a maintenance therapy following blood or marrow transplant (BMT) in patients who have been diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma.
The purpose of this pivotal study is to determine if intravenous Rezafungin is efficacious and safe in the prevention of invasive fungal diseases when compared to the standard antimicrobial regimen.
Researchers are trying to learn more about using sublingual (absorption under the tongue) tacrolimus in blood and marrow transplant patients.
The purpose of this study is to determine the recommended phase 2 dose of the drug Vorinostat in children, adolescents and young adults following allogeneic blood or marrow transplant (BMT) and determine whether the addition of Vorinostat to the standard graft versus host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis will reduce the incidence of GVHD.
The study is comparing the difference between the use of Elequil Aromatabs versus standard of care practice treatments on Blood Marrow Transplantation patients.
Background: Allogeneic blood or marrow transplant is when stem cells are taken from one person s blood or bone marrow and given to another person. Researchers think this may help people with immune system problems. Objective: To see if allogeneic blood or bone marrow transplant is safe and effective in treating people with primary immunodeficiencies. Eligibility: Donors: Healthy people ages 4 or older Recipients: People ages 4-75 with a primary immunodeficiency that may be treated with allogeneic blood or marrow transplant Design: Participants will be screened with medical history, physical exam, and blood tests. Participants will have urine tests, EKG, and chest x-ray. Donors will have: Bone marrow harvest: With anesthesia, marrow is taken by a needle in the hipbone. OR Blood collection: They will have several drug injections over 5-7 days. Blood is taken by IV in one arm, circulates through a machine to remove stem cells, and returned by IV in the other arm. Possible vein assessment or pre-anesthesia evaluation Recipients will have: Lung test, heart tests, radiology scans, CT scans, and dental exam Possible tissue biopsies or lumbar puncture Bone marrow and a small piece of bone removed by needle in the hipbone. Chemotherapy 1-2 weeks before transplant day Donor stem cell donation through a catheter put into a vein in the chest or neck Several-week hospital stay. They will take medications and may need blood transfusions and additional procedures. After discharge, recipients will: Remain near the clinic for about 3 months. They will have weekly visits and may require hospital readmission. Have multiple follow-up visits to the clinic in the first 6 months, and less frequently for at least 5 years.
This study is for patients 2-21 years old who have acute leukemia that has not responded well to chemotherapy and will have a bone marrow transplant. This is a pilot (phase 1) study of AMD3100(also called Plerixafor, Mozobil). AMD3100 is given in combination with a standard pre-transplant conditioning regimen (total body irradiation, etoposide and cyclophosphamide). The conditioning regimen is the treatment that is given just before the transplant. This treatment kills leukemia cells as well as healthy bone marrow and immune cells. Researchers want to learn more about how AMD3100 affects acute leukemia cells. Blood and bone marrow samples from study participants will be collected to find out if AMD3100 is making patients' cells more sensitive to the conditioning regimen and to find out how it does this. The first six patients receive three daily doses (240 mcg/kg via IV). If it appears that three doses do not significantly increase the side effects of transplant conditioning, the investigators will give a second group of six patients five daily doses.
Blood and marrow transplantation (BMT) is commonly used in the treatment of oncologic and hematologic disorders. Patients undergoing Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are screened for functional status among other criteria to ensure that they are able to endure the rigorous treatment involved during Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The patient entering the transplant process is possibly already functionally compromised from their disease, prior cancer treatment, and possible other co-morbidities. Additional factors of the transplantation that compromise the independent functional status of the patient include the high dose preparative regimen, pancytopenia, steroid-related side effects, hospitalization, transplantation complications such as infections, pulmonary alterations, acute and chronic Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD), pain, decreased nutritional input, and other sequelae of transplantation. Physical Therapy has been utilized in this population primarily as a supportive therapy to prevent and limit the patient's functional decline. Studies have addressed general and aerobic exercise in this population but there is a paucity of research investigating the benefits of a strength-training program, particularly performed in weight-bearing, in attenuating the detrimental effects of the transplantation on functional status. This is a feasibility study questioning if an exercise program including weight-bearing strengthening exercises and cardiovascular exercise is practical for the patients to carry out as inpatients. The study will also preliminarily determine if this exercise program influences functional outcomes and level of fatigue. Such outcome measures will include 1) FiveTimes Sit-To-Stand Test, 2) Six-Minute Walk Test, 3) stair performance, 4) Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Bone Marrow Transplantation (FACT-BMT) and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Scales. The study population will include patients with lymphomas and acute leukemias undergoing matched-related donor allogeneic myeloablative Blood and marrow transplantation (BMT).
This clinical trial studies computer-guided glucose management systems in treating patients with hyperglycemia who have undergone blood and bone marrow transplant. A computer-guided glucose management system may help manage glucose levels in patients who have undergone blood or bone marrow transplant.
1. To explore specific aspects of social adaptation such as social connectedness, occupational outcomes and family relationships in lymphoma patients after autologous blood or marrow transplantation (BMT). 2. To investigate how social adaptation varies with time lapsed since BMT and with the life stage as determined by patient?s age. Understanding both the positive and negative aspects of cancer and cancer therapy leads to opportunities to promote adaptive strategies.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if Vidaza (azacitidine) when given to patients with CML after an donor stem cell transplant will increase the likelihood of achieving a complete remission of CML.
The purpose of this network is to accelerate research in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by comparing novel therapies to existing ones.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn about the safety of giving mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to patients who have ARDS. Researchers also want to learn if these cells can help control ARDS when given with drugs that are routinely used to treat ARDS. In this study, participants will receive 1 infusion of MSCs. This is an investigational study. MSC infusions for the treatment of ARDS is investigational. Up to 20 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.
Objectives: Primary Objective To provide compassionate access to the Miltenyi device for CD34+ cell infusions to patients who experience poor graft function after stem cell transplantation (SCT).
The goal of this study is to develop and test the effects of a marrow transplant (BMT) Legal Clinic established through a medical-legal partnership (MLP) in an adult blood and marrow (BMT) transplant setting. This will be a 2-arm randomized, controlled clinical trial, in which the intervention group of patients will participate in a BMT Legal Clinic and the control group is provided standard information regarding legal resources.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if it is safe and feasible to transplant patients with one of two units of cord blood that has been changed in the laboratory before it is given. Only patients with leukemia, lymphoma or myelodysplastic syndrome will be allowed on this study. The secondary goal is to obtain the preliminary efficacy outcome. Researchers also want to learn if using cord blood that has been changed can help to control the disease. One cord blood unit will not be changed before it is administered to you. The cord blood unit that will be altered will be changed to use sugar that is found in small amounts in blood cells. It plays a role in telling transplanted cells where they should go in the body. Adding more sugars to the cord blood cells in the laboratory helps the cord blood cells find their way to the bone marrow faster. This process is called fucosylation. "Conditioning" is the chemo and other medicines and will be given to patients to prepare to receive cord blood transplant cells. This prevents immune system from rejecting the cells. Conditioning will be started before the transplant. ATG is a protein that removes immune cells that cause damage to the body. Clofarabine is designed to interfere with the growth and development of cancer cells. Fludarabine is designed to interfere with the DNA of cancer cells, which may cause the cancer cells to die. This chemotherapy is also designed to block your body's ability to reject the donor's bone marrow cells. Melphalan and busulfan are designed to bind to the DNA of cells, which may cause cancer cells to die. MMF and tacrolimus are designed to block the donor cells from growing and spreading in a way that could cause graft versus host disease (GVHD -- a condition in which transplanted tissue attacks the recipient's body). This may help to prevent GVHD. Rituximab is designed to attach to cancer cells, which may cause them to die. A Phase I study for treatment of patients (N=25) with hematologic malignancies and MDS who are candidates for dual-cord UCBT is ongoing at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center under an Investigator-initiated IND Application, E.J. Shpall, MD, PI. Since August, 2012, Preliminary results indicate that ASC-101 UCBT is well-tolerated and no ASC-101 related untoward adverse events have been observed. To date, the median time to neutrophil engraftment (N=9) is 15 days, and the median time to platelet engraftment (N=9) is 33 days. The trial remains ongoing.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if treating stem cell donors with filgrastim (G-CSF) and plerixafor (Mozobil®) can cause them to produce a higher number of blood stem cells than filgrastim by itself. Researchers also want to learn if giving both of these drugs helps donors produce enough stem cells so that only 1 apheresis procedure needs to be performed. Researchers will study if using both drugs lowers the risk of the stem cell transplant recipients developing severe forms graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). GVHD is a condition in which transplanted tissue (such as blood stem cells) attacks the tissue of the recipient's body. The safety and effectiveness of this drug combination will also be studied. Filgrastim and plerixafor are both designed to help move or "mobilize" the stem cells from the bone marrow to the blood.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn how the drug cidofovir given as 1 dose directly into the bladder is absorbed by the body. Researchers also want to measure the amount of study drug in the body at different time points. The safety and tolerability of this drug will also be studied. Cidofovir is designed to fight certain viruses by blocking the virus cells from dividing.
This project allows for the systematic collection and analysis of long-term follow-up clinical parameters in children who have received a stem cell transplant. The data collected will assist in determining appropriate intervention and treatment plans for patients enrolled on this study. In addition, future patients may benefit by having the ability to anticipate problems and develop methods of prevention or early intervention.
Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is used to successfully treat high-risk forms of leukemia, lymphoma, and other childhood cancers that were once considered incurable. A major barrier to the application of this life-saving treatment is acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) which develops in approximately 30-80% of patients and is a leading cause of death from transplant complications. Current GVHD prevention methods are not very efficacious and lead to unacceptable side effects. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), an anti-rejection medication used in solid organ transplants, has shown great promise in BMT recipients. The effectiveness of MMF depends on blood levels of mycophenolic acid (MPA, the active form of MMF). Different patients have been found to have different blood levels of MPA when they are given the same dose of MMF. The purpose of this study is to study a novel method of giving MMF based on its metabolism (pharmacokinetics) to achieve desired blood levels of MPA for prevention of GVHD. Non-invasive ways of monitoring the drug exposure will also be studied. The ultimate goal of this study is to improve approaches to GVHD prevention and improve outcomes of BMT in children.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if it is safe and feasible to transplant changed cord blood for patients with leukemia or lymphoma. Researchers also want to learn if this can help to control the disease. The cord blood will be changed to make use of sugar that is found in small amounts in blood cells. It plays a role in signaling where in the body the transplanted cells should go to. Adding more sugars to the cord blood cells in the laboratory is designed to help the cord blood cells find their way faster to the bone marrow. This may help your blood counts to recover faster. This process is called fucosylation. Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is a protein that removes immune cells that cause damage to the body. Clofarabine is designed to interfere with the growth and development of cancer cells. Fludarabine is designed to interfere with the DNA (genetic material) of cancer cells, which may cause the cancer cells to die. This chemotherapy is also designed to block your body's ability to reject the donor's bone marrow cells. Melphalan and busulfan are designed to bind to the DNA of cells, which may cause cancer cells to die. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and tacrolimus are designed to block the donor cells from growing and spreading in a way that could cause graft versus host disease (GVHD -- a condition in which transplanted tissue attacks the recipient's body). This may help to prevent GVHD. Rituximab is designed to attach to cancer cells, which may cause them to die.
To evaluate the toxicity and tolerability of this tandem autologous/allogeneic transplant approach for patients with advanced stage multiple myeloma.
Evaluate the clinical activity of sirolimus in combination with cyclosporine and corticosteroids as first line therapy for the treatment of chronic Graft Versus Host Disease.
To test a new way to approach hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Relapsed or Resistant Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
To improve survival outcomes for patients with MDS and MPD with a nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant.
To evaluate the role of high dose therapy and autologous hematopoietic cell transplant for amyloidosis.
To evaluate the role of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in the treatment of NHL.
Evaluate the role of high dose chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for AML.