Clinical Research Directory

Azacytidine, Venetoclax Plus Minus Quizartinib for First Line Older/Unfit AML Patients (VENP-A-QUI)

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Venetoclax+Azacytidine+Quizartinib works better than standard therapy (Venetoclax+Azacytdine) to treat naïve adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are not suitable for standard induction therapy due to age, co-morbidities or other risk factors. The main question it aims to answer is: \- Does the combination of Venetoclax+Azacytidine+Quizartinib show more probability of overall survival than Venetoclax+Azacytdine? Researchers will compare Venetoclax+Azacytidine+Quizartinib to Venetoclax+Azacytdine to see if Venetoclax+Azacytidine+Quizartinib works better than Venetoclax+Azacytdine to treat AML. Participants will be randomized to one of the two treatment arms in a 1:1 ratio, both of which will have treatment cycles of 28 days.

Study of ADI-PEG 20, Venetoclax and Azacitidine in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Pegylated arginine deiminase (ADI-PEG 20) will be combined with venetoclax and azacitidine for treatment of subjects with previously treated or untreated with high risk factor acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Venetoclax and azacitidine are front-line therapy for such patients, and ADI-PEG 20 will be added to this regimen in a phase IA/B study.

Comparison of VA (Venetoclax, Azacitidine), VACl (VA, Cladribine), VACh (VA, Chidamide), and Alternating VACl/VACh in Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia

This prospective, multi-center, randomized, controlled Phase II study is to compare the therapeutic efficacy and side effect of VACl (Venetoclax,Azacitidine,Cladribine) alternating with VACh (Venetoclax,Azacitidine,Chidamide), VACl, VACh and VA in newly diagnosed adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients ineligible for intensive therapy or declining. Cladribine is a purine analogue widely used in hematologic malignancies. The monocytic leukemia stem cell is selective sensitivity to Cladribine. Chidamide, a newly designed selective histone deacetylase inhibitor, could down regulate myeloid cell leukaemia 1 (MCL1) expression in Venetoclax resistant AML cells. Chidamide or Cladribine have synergistic anti-leukemia effects with VA through their unique mechanisms, which can eradicate leukemia stem cells and prevent the occurrence of drug resistance.

Observational Study on the Outcome of AML Patients Treated With New Drugs in Real-life (BoxTrial)

This multicenter, prospective and retrospective observational study aims to evaluate the use and efficacy of new drugs or their combinations in real-life in a population of adult AML patients.

A Study to Investigate Treatment of HU and VPA, or 6-MP and VPA in Unfit AML/HR-MDS Patients

The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of the combination treatment of hydroxyurea capsules and valproic acid capsules, or the combination treatment of 6-mercaptopurine tablets and valproic acid capsules in male and female patients aged 18 years or older with acute myeloid leukemia or high- risk myelodysplastic syndrome. The population to be studied is newly diagnosed AML patients who are considered unfit for standard induction chemotherapy, HR-MDS unfit/ineligible for standard treatment, and relapsed/refractory AML/HR-MDS patients who are considered unfit for standard therapy ,or are, for some reason, ineligible for another type of therapy. Clinically, hydroxyurea, valproic acid and 6-mercaptopurine are historically very well-known therapeutic agents with low toxicity profiles. The rationale for this study is that the combination of these drugs with low toxicity will be well tolerated in elderly AML patients with comorbidities, or lower performance status. This combination could have a beneficial therapeutic effect on overall survival and contribute to a better quality of life.

Lentivirally Redirected CD123 Autologous T Cells in AML

Phase 1 open-label study to estimate the safety, manufacturing feasibility, and efficacy of intravenously administered, lentivirally transduced T cells expressing anti-CD123 chimeric antigen receptors expressing tandem TCRζ and 4-1BB (TCRζ /4-1BB) costimulatory domains in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) subjects.

CLAG-GO for Patients With Persistent, Relapsed or Refractory AML

This study involves evaluating a combination of chemotherapy drugs known as "CLAG-GO" \[cladribine, cytarabine, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO)\] in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has not responded well to standard therapy or has returned after an initial remission (relapsed). The trial will be conducted at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC). Potential participants will go through a screening period to see if they are eligible to join the study. If eligible, participants will be hospitalized for 4-5 weeks to receive study treatment with CLAG-GO, called induction chemotherapy. If tests show that the cancer is in remission after induction chemotherapy, participants may undergo further chemotherapy (known as consolidation) or may proceed with bone marrow/stem cell transplantation. Patients who receive consolidation chemotherapy and remain in remission may have up to 8 cycles of outpatient maintenance therapy. A cycle lasts about 28 days. All participants will be monitored carefully for both side effects and to see if the study treatment is working. Lab tests and exams will be conducted throughout the entire study. In addition, special studies will be done at various time points to try to understand better how the drugs work and which patients are likely to respond best.

A Phase Ⅰb/Ⅱ Clinical Study of Clifutinib Besylate Combined With Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed AML

This is a multi-center open clinical study aimed at evaluating the efficacy and safety of Clifutinib Besylate combined with chemotherapy in newly-treated adult subjects with AML

Revumenib in Combination With Azacitidine + Venetoclax in Patients NPM1-mutated or KMT2A-rearranged AML

Treatment of patients with newly diagnosed AML who are not eligible for intensive chemotherapy has remained an area of high unmet medical need. The combination therapy with two medicines, azacitidine and venetoclax, is the usual plan of action. This has brought significant progress in the treatment, but it nevertheless is not curative and the disease does relapse over time. Revumenib blocks a specific molecule called menin in the cell nucleus. Some types of AML are reliant on menin working properly. These are leukemia cells with a change in the DNA, i.e. a mutation in the NPM1 or KMT2A gene. Revumenib can prevent the production of these types of leukemia cells by disrupting the production of this menin. The current study investigates whether adding revumenib to the combination therapy improves the prognosis for AML patients with a mutation in the NPM1 or KMT2A gene. This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study where subjects will be treated until disease progression, or development of side effects or death. From the moment of inclusion of the last patient, there will be a 4-year observational follow-up study in order to register survival duration and follow-up visits. Approximately 415 previously untreated patients with a mutation in the NPM1 or KMT2A gene and with newly diagnosed AML, who are not eligible for intensive chemotherapy. Patients must be ≥18 years of age.

Reduced Intensity Conditioning Regimens for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare outcomes of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens (fludarabine plus busulfan and fludarabine plus melphalan) in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: * The safety of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens (fludarabine plus busulfan and fludarabine plus melphalan) in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for adult AML/MDS patients with HCT-CI≥3 or aged ≥55 years. * The efficacy of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens (fludarabine plus busulfan and fludarabine plus melphalan) in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for adult AML/MDS patients with HCT-CI≥3 or aged ≥55 years. Participants will be randomized to one of two reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens (fludarabine plus busulfan and fludarabine plus melphalan)

First-in-human Study Aiming to Characterize the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetic and Preliminary Signs of Activity of ABD-3001 in Refractory or Relapsed AML and High Risk MDS Adult Patients

This First In Human (FIH) study is a prospective, open-label, multicenter, Phase 1 study, with a dose escalation design, followed by an optimized design. It will consist in a Single Ascending Dose (SAD) part and a Multiple Ascending Dose (MAD) part.

Clinical and Diagnostic Significance of Endothelial Dysfunction and Myocardial Contractility in Patients With AML

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a clonal neoplastic disease of the hematopoietic tissue associated with a mutation in the precursor cell of hematopoiesis, which results in a differentiation block and uncontrolled proliferation of immature myeloid cells. Anthracycline antibiotics have been an integral part of the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia since the 1970s. However, the clinical usefulness of anthracyclines is limited primarily by the high incidence of cardiotoxicity. According to the European Society of Cardiology guidelines for cardio-oncology, cardiovascular toxicity is defined as any impairment of cardiac function associated with anticancer treatment, as the term encompasses both a wide range of possible clinical manifestations and an etiological relationship with various treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy and treatment with targeted drugs. Cardiovascular toxicity can be acute, subacute or delayed, manifesting many years after chemotherapy or radiation therapy, involving a number of cardiac structures, which can lead to the development of heart failure, coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease, arrhythmias, including cardiac conduction disorders and diseases of the pericardium. Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity is the negative effect of anthracyclines on normal cardiac activity due to their toxic effects on the heart muscle and the cardiac conduction system. Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity manifests as asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction in 57% of treated patients and restrictive or dilated cardiomyopathy leading to congestive heart failure (CHF) in 16% to 20% of patients. Anthracycline-induced congestive heart failure is often resistant to therapy and has a mortality rate of up to 79%. Thus, there is a need for early detection of cardiovascular dysfunction associated with chemotherapy treatment of acute myeloid leukemia in order to timely prescribe drug therapy. Purpose of the study To optimize the early detection of endothelial dysfunction and left ventricular myocardial contractility in patients with acute myeloid leukemia during chemotherapy treatment based on a comprehensive assessment of instrumental and laboratory research parameters. Expected results Based on a comprehensive analysis using laser Doppler flowmetry, stress echocardiography with the determination of global longitudinal strain of the myocardium, biochemical markers of endothelial damage and cardiac biomarkers, a correlation between violations of the contractility of the left ventricular myocardium and violations of the vasoregulatory function of the vascular endothelium will be revealed, which will allow developing an algorithm for early detection of cardiomyopathy and vascular complications in patients with acute myeloid leukemia during chemotherapy treatment.

Multi-peptide Vaccination Adjuvanted With XS15 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients

The aim of this Phase I study is to evaluate the immunogenicity along with safety and toxicity as well as first efficacy of a multi-peptide vaccine adjuvanted with the TLR1/2 ligand XS15 emulsified in Montanide ISA 51 VG (AML-VAC-XS15) in AML patients who have achieved CR or CRi with first line treatment.