Clinical Research Directory

Asciminib as Initial Therapy for Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Chronic Phase

This study is a multicenter Phase 2, non-randomized, open-label single-group frontline study administering asciminib in patients with newly diagnosed Chronic Myeloid Leukemia-Chronic Phase (CML-CP). The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of asciminib in newly diagnosed CML-CP. Patients will receive asciminib 80 mg orally once daily during the single asciminib phase. Response is determined by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) blood test during the study. Patients who have not achieved a response after 24 months (but no later than 36 months) of single agent asciminib will be offered the addition of a low dose tyrosine kinase inhibitor (low-TKI) namely dasatinib, imatinib, or nilotinib at the investigator's discretion. The following doses of the TKIs will be used: 1. Dasatinib 50 mg daily 2. Imatinib 300 mg daily 3. Nilotinib 300 mg daily Patients will discontinue study treatment if they experience disease progression, or unacceptable toxicity.

CIML NK Cells With Venetoclax for AML

The purpose of this research study is to test the safety and to explore the effectiveness of infusing cytokine- induced memory-like (CIML) natural killer (NK) cells in combination with Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and standard-of-care venetoclax as a treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Names of the study therapies involved in this study are: * Lymphodepleting therapy with Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide prior to CIML NK cell infusion * CIML NK (a cellular therapy) * IL-2 (a recombinant, human glycoprotein) * Venetoclax (a selective inhibitor of BCL-2 protein)

Assessing PI3K Gamma Inhibition With Azacitidine, Venetoclax and Eganelisib in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

This study is to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of adding the PI3K-gamma inhibitor, eganelisib, to a standard of care treatment option with combination venetoclax and azacitidine in participants with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The names of the study drugs involved in this research study are: * Venetoclax (a type of BCL-2 inhibitor) * Azacitidine (a type of Demethylating Agent) * Eganelisib (a type of PI3K-gamma inhibitor)

Preemptive CIML NK Cell Therapy After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

The purpose of this research study is to test the safety and efficacy of cytokine induced memory-like (CIML) natural killer (NK) cells expanded with Interleukin-2 (IL-2) at preventing relapse in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), or MDS and myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) overlap syndrome after a standard-of-care stem cell transplant. Names of the study therapies involved in this study are: * CIML NK cells intravenous infusion (cellular therapy) * Subcutaneous Interleukin-2 (recombinant, human glycoprotein)

Safety and Tolerability of Ziftomenib Combinations in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

The safety, tolerability, and antileukemic response of ziftomenib in combination with standard of care treatments for patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia will be examined with the following agents: FLAG-IDA, low-dose cytarabine, and gilteritinib.

A Study of BH-30236 in Relapsed/ Refractory Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Higher Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Study BH-30236-01 is a first-in-human (FIH), Phase 1/1b, open-label, dose escalation and expansion study in participants with relapsed/refractory acute myelogenous leukemia (R/R AML) or higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (HR-MDS). Phase 1, Part 1 Dose Escalation - Monotherapy will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and preliminary efficacy of BH-30236 administered orally. Approximately 50 participants may be enrolled in Phase 1, Part 1 Dose Escalation - Monotherapy. Phase 1, Part 2 Dose Escalation - Combination with Venetoclax will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and preliminary efficacy of BH-30236 administered as a combination therapy with venetoclax. Approximately 48 participants may be enrolled in Phase 1, Part 2 Dose Escalation - Combination with Venetoclax. Phase 1b (Dose Expansion) will follow Phase 1 to further understand the relationships among dose, exposure, toxicity, tolerability, and clinical activity. Up to 72 participants may be enrolled in Phase 1b of the study as a monotherapy or in combination with venetoclax.

Allo HSCT Using RIC and PTCy for Hematological Diseases

This is a Phase II study following subjects proceeding with our Institutional non-myeloablative cyclophosphamide/ fludarabine/total body irradiation (TBI) preparative regimen followed by a related, unrelated, or partially matched family donor stem cell infusion using post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy), sirolimus and MMF GVHD prophylaxis.

Breath Analysis for the Detection of Invasive Fungal Infections

Patients with leukemia and concomitant neutropenia are at high risk of developing invasive fungal infections (IFI) that are associated with high morbidity and mortality. As these patients typically have severe thrombocytopenia, direct diagnostic sampling with invasive procedures is often not possible due to the high peri-interventional risk. Therefore, the presumptive diagnosis of IFI is primarily based on compatible lung findings on computed tomography and serologic detection of fungal cell wall components, which, however, have limited sensitivity and specificity. With the present study, the investigators aim to determine a set of specific volatile biomarkers in leukemia patients with proven or probable IFI using secondary electrospray ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry (SESI-HRMS).

Venetoclax Combined with Intensive Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients with Lower Early Peripheral Blast Clearance Rate After Standard Induction Therapy

This single-center prospective cohort study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Intensifying treatment with Venetoclax along with intensive chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) except acute promyelocytic leukemia (non-APL) and exhibiting lower early peripheral blast clearance rate (EPBCR) after standard Intensive Induction therapy (3+7 regimen).

ELN 2022 in MENAFC ( Middle Eastern or North Coast of Africa ) Patients With Newly AML

"In daily clinical practice, 2022 ELN guidelines were used to predict response to conventional treatment and to guide the need for allogenic stem cell transplantation. But, the team has to underline that ELN guidelines are mainly reflective of relatively young Caucasian patients. Few studies have compared 2017 and 2022 ELN in ethnicity cohorts to evaluate the potential prognostic value of this new criteria in these types of population. For example, with the 2022 ELN guidelines, the disease-free surviva) and the overall survival of African American \< 60 y.o were not statistically different between intermediate and adverse groups (p=0.30, p=0,46). There were not a significant difference between favorable and intermediate groups in DFS (p=0.42, p=0.42) respectively in African American and Hispanic patients or in OS (p=0.67) in Hispanic patients. Is the 2022 ELN applicable to all ethnic subgroups? To date, no studies have examined and validated its applicability in Middle Eastern or North Coast of Africa (MENAFC) patients."