Current Clinical Trials for Leukemia

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AML Clinical Trials
ALL Clinical Trials
MDS Clinical Trials
MPD Clincial Trials
CML Clinical Trials

AML Clinical Trials

Newly Diagnosed – Adults

Phase II trial of High Dose Lenalidomide in Patients with MDS and AML with Trilineage Dysplasia (AML-TLD)
Purpose: To determine and describe toxicity of higher doses of lenalidomide in patients with MDS and AML-TLD who do not harbor the 5q31.1.deletion and those who have such a deletion but have failed to respond to standard dose lenalidomide.
Eligibility: Patients may not have received prior AML induction chemotherapy or stem cell transplant.
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Randomized Phase II Trial of timed Sequential Therapy (TST) with Alvocidib (Flavopiridol), ara-C and mitoxantrone (FLAM) vs. "7+3" for Adults age 70 and Under with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Purpose: The purpose of this research study is to compare two different chemotherapy regimens to try to find out which way might be safer and/or more effective against AML.
Eligibility: Tumor Types: All Adults age greater than 18 years and less than 70 years with Newly Diagnosed, Intermediate Risk or Poor-Risk AML. Read more

A Phase I Study of AC220 (A2689) in Combination with Induction and Consolidation Chemotherapy in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Purpose: In this trial, we are giving AC220 with the standard chemotherapy (daunorubicin and cytarabine) for AML to learn about its side effects and toxicities, and to see if we can improve a chance of getting a remission, as well as improve the chance that patients who receive it will eventually be cured.
Eligibility: To join the study, you must have AML, and have received NO prior treatment for your AML. You must be between 18 and 60 years old. Subjects with both a positive and negative FLT3-ITD mutation status are eligible. Additionally, you must have adequate liver and kidney function, as well as a good performance status (meaning, you can perform activities of daily living by yourself). Read more

Elderly

A Randomized Phase II Trial to Simultaneously Evaluate Two Schedules of the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Entinostat in Combination with 5-Azacytidine (5AC, NSC 102816) in Elderly Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Purpose: Patients with AML who are greater than 60 years old and unable to tolerate or decline cytotoxic chemotherapy or patients who have relapsed despite one prior regimen.
Eligibility: AML patients, de novo, treatment related, or secondary AML 60 years old or older. No prior therapy with demethylating agents in the last 1 year. Read more

Phase II Trial with Safety Run-in of MEK Inhibitor MSC1936369B in Subjects with Poor Prognosis Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Other Hematological Malignancies
Purpose: To assess the anti-leukemic activity of two regimens of AS703026 in older subjects with newly diagnosed poor prognosis Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) who are not candidates for intensive chemotherapy.
Eligibility: Primary or secondary AML who meet at least one of the following conditions. Read more

A Phase 1 Study of the PARP Inhibitor ABT-888 in Combination with Temozolomide in Acute Leukemias
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and toxicity of administering ABT-888 in combination with temozolomide in patients with acute leukemias.
Eligibility: Untreated AML in adults 60 years of age and older who are not candidates for induction chemotherapy due to poor-risk features including adverse cytogenetics or molecular markers (FLT3 ITD+), or are unwilling to receive intensive induction chemotherapy. Read more

Phase 2 Trial of R115777 in Previously Untreated Older Adults with AML and Baseline Presence of a Specific 2-Gene Expression Signature Ratio
Purpose: To determine the complete remission (CR) rate in AML patients prospectively selected for R115777R115777 (ZARNESTRA) treatment on the basis of a 2-gene signature (RASGRP1:APTX ratio) in bone marrow aspirates.
Eligibility: Older than 65 with previously untreated AML (de novo or secondary), deemed unsuitable for or refuses standard induction chemotherapy. Read more

AML

Relapsed or Refractory

A Phase 1 Study of ABT-888 in Combination with Topotecan plus Carboplatin for Relapsed and Refractory Acute Leukemias and High-Risk Myelodyplasias and Myeloproliferative Disorders
Purpose: To determine tolerability, toxicity and response rates of ABT-888 administered with Topotecan with Carboplatin.
Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria Adults 18 years of age and older. Must be able to care for self. Organ Function Permitted: Serum Creatinine normal, or estimated creatinine clearance greater than 60 ml/min. Read more

A Phase 1 Study of the PARP Inhibitor ABT-888 in Combination with Temozolomide in Acute Leukemias
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and toxicity of administering ABT-888 in combination with temozolomide in patients with acute leukemias.
Eligibility: Relapsed or refractory acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). APL that has failed ATRA, Arsenic and gemtuzumab. Read more

A Randomized Phase II Trial to Simultaneously Evaluate Two Schedules of the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Entinostat in Combination with 5-Azacytidine (5AC, NSC 102816) in Elderly Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Purpose: Patients with AML who are greater than 60 years old and unable to tolerate or decline cytotoxic chemotherapy or patients who have relapsed despite one prior regimen.
Eligibility: AML patients greater than 60 years old, relapsed despite one prior regimen. No prior therapy with demethylating agents in the last treatment. Read more

A Phase 1, Open-Label, Multicenter Study of MDX-1338/BMS936564 in Subjects with Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Purpose: This is a Phase 1 study to determine the maximum tolerated dose of MDX-1338 in patients with relapsed/refractory AML
Eligibility: Diagnosis: Relapsed/refractory AML (APL excluded) unsuitable for standard therapy. If relapsed, no more than 2 relapses are allowed. Read more

AML Maintenance

A Pilot Study of Sorafenib in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia as Peri-Transplant Remission Maintenance
Purpose: Determine the toxicity and safety of incorporation of Sorafanib into the pre or post transplant maintenance setting for three types of transplants.
Eligibility: Acute Myeloid leukemia with a FLT3 ITD. Read more

ALL Clinical Trials

Newly Diagnosed, untreated
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Intensified Methotrexate, Nelarabine (Compound 506U78; IND# 52611) and Augmented BFM Therapy for Children and Young Adults with Newly Diagnosed T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Purpose: The overall goal of this study is to see if we can increase the cure rate for T-cell ALL with acceptable side effects of therapy.
Eligibility: Patients must be between 1-30 years of age, newly diagnosed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) Patients shall have had no prior cytotoxic chemotherapy with the exception of steroids and/or IT cytarabine. Read more

A Phase 1 Study of the PARP Inhibitor ABT-888 in Combination with Temozolomide in Acute Leukemias
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and toxicity of administering ABT-888 in combination with temozolomide in patients with acute leukemias.
Eligibility: Untreated ALL in adults 60 years of age and older who are not candidates for induction chemotherapy due to poor-risk features including adverse cytogenetics. Read more

ES0805 Phase II Study of Combination of Hyper-CVAD and Dasatinib (NSC-732517) with or without Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant in Patients with Philadelphia (Ph) Chromosome Positive and/or Bcr-Abl Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Purpose: To see whether the relapse-free survival of patients after this treatment is sufficiently high to warrant further investigation.
Eligibility: Newly diagnosed Ph+ ALL, excluding M0 AML, mixed lineage leukemia, and L3 (Burkitts). Allo BMT if eligible. Read more

ALL Clinical Trials

Relapsed/Refractory

A Phase 1 Study of ABT-888 in Combination with Topotecan plus Carboplatin for Relapsed and Refractory Acute Leukemias and High-Risk Myelodyplasias and Myeloproliferative Disorders
Purpose: To determine tolerability, toxicity and response rates of ABT-888 administered with Topotecan with or without Carboplatin
Eligibility: Primary refractory, or relapsed/refractory at least to 1 regimen w/ < 3 prior therapies. Read more

Phase II Trial with Safety Run-in of MEK Inhibitor MSC1936369B in Subjects with Poor Prognosis Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Other Hematological Malignancies
Purpose: Primary objectives of this protocol include: Safety run-in part To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), for each of the two regimens of AS703026 in subjects with advanced hematological malignancies.
Eligibility: Relapsed, refractory or intolerant to standard treatment. Read more

MDS Clinical Trials

Phase II trial of High Dose Lenalidomide in Patients with MDS and AML with Trilineage Dysplasia (AML-TLD)
Purpose: The primary endpoint is hematologic response rate (defined by IWG 2006 response criteria) following administration of 2 - 4 cycles of lenalidomide 15 mg.
Eligibility: MDS or MDS/AML Patients must not have received any other treatment for their disease, including hematopoietic growth factors, within three weeks of beginning the trial ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2 at study entry.Read more

Phase II Trial with Safety Run-in of MEK Inhibitor MSC1936369B in Subjects with Poor Prognosis Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Other Hematological Malignancies
Purpose: Primary objectives of this protocol include: Safety run-in part to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), for each of the two regimens of AS703026 in subjects with advanced hematological malignancies.
Eligibility: Subjects with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), IPSS Int-2 or high risk who are resistant or intolerant to standard treatment and not candidates for transplantation. Read more

MPD Clinical Trials

A Phase 1 Study of ABT-888 in Combination with Topotecan plus Carboplatin for Relapsed and Refractory Acute Leukemias and High-Risk Myelodyplasias and Myeloproliferative Disorders
Purpose: To determine tolerability, toxicity and response rates of ABT-888 administered with Topotecan with or without Carboplatin
Eligibility: Aggressive MPD with bone marrow blast greater than 5%. Read more

A Phase 1 Study of the PARP Inhibitor ABT-888 in Combination with Temozolomide in Acute Leukemias
Purpose: To define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and Recommended Phase II Dose (RP2D) of ABT-888 administered in combination with temozolomide in patients with acute leukemias.
Eligibility: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) in accelerated or blastic phase: Patients must have failed (resistance/intolerance) at least 2 different TKIs or have a tation associated with resistance to TKIs (T315I). AML arising in the setting of antecedent myelodysplasia (MDS) or myeloproliferative disorder (MPD). Read more

CML Clinical Trials

K562/GM-CSF Vaccination in Combination with Imatinib Mesylate as Booster for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients Previously Vaccinated on Protocol J0345
Purpose: Determine whether a series of four K562/GM-CSF vaccinations (+/- imiquimod cream) can serve as an immunologic booster.
Eligibility: Patients with AML who completed the entire protocol of J0345 and still have evidence of disease. Read more

A randomized phase II trial of Interferon + GM-CSF versus K562/GM-CSF vaccination in CML patients achieving a complete cytogenetic response to imatinib
Purpose: To determine whether sequential, combination therapy can improve clinical responses of single agent imatinib for patients with Ph+ CML in chronic phase in cytogenetic remission.
Eligibility: Complete cytogenetic response of CML to stable imatinib dose. Read more

Dasatinib (BMS-354825) Combined with SMO Inhibitor (BMS-833923; XL139) in CML with Resistance or Suboptimal Response to a Prior TKI
Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to test the safety of the combination of the drug dasatinib plus BMS-833923 (SMO inhibitor).
Eligibility: Chronic phase, or advanced allowed. No limit on prior treatment. Subjects must have resistance or suboptimal response to imatinib, dasatinib or nilotinib (see Inclusion criteria) and may not have a known T315I/A Abl-kinase mutation. Read more