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Protocol For the Treatment Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With Ph 'Negative in Elderly Patients (> 55 Years)

The protocol objective is providing adequate treatment and based on broad consensus in elderly patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Apply uniform treatment that enables a joint analysis of results strong enough to make conclusions on specific subgroups of patients (genotypic subtypes, particularly LAL Bcr/abl positive, phenotype, or strata of age or associated diseases). Provide results of a treatment to consider standard against which to compare the results of phase II trials of experimental drugs that undoubtedly will be activated in the coming years

Start: June 2007

A Longitudinal Assessment of Frailty in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Advances in cancer therapies have led to increasing numbers of adult survivors of pediatric malignancy. Unfortunately, treatment of childhood cancer continues to require agents designed to destroy malignant cell lines, and normal tissue is not always spared. While early treatment- related organ specific toxicities are not always apparent, many childhood cancer survivors report symptoms that interfere with daily life, including exercise induced shortness of breath, fatigue and reduced capacity to participate in physical activity. These symptoms may be a hallmark of premature aging, or frailty. Frailty is a phenotype most commonly described in older adults; it indicates persons who are highly vulnerable to adverse health outcomes. Frailty may help explain why nearly two thirds of childhood cancer survivors have at least one severe chronic health condition 30 years from diagnosis, why childhood cancer survivors are more likely than peers to be hospitalized for non-obstetrical reasons, and why they have mortality rates more than eight times higher than age-and-gender matched members of the general population. Frailty is a valuable construct because it can be distinguished from disability and co-morbidity, and is designed to capture pre-clinical states of physiologic vulnerability that identify individuals most at risk for adverse health outcomes. These investigators have recently presented data indicating that impaired fitness is present in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, brain tumor and Hodgkin lymphoma. This is relevant because frailty, characterized by a cluster of five measurements of physical fitness, is predictive of chronic disease onset, frequent hospitalization, and eventually mortality in both the elderly and in persons with chronic conditions. Using a frailty phenotype as an early predictor of later chronic disease onset will allow identification of childhood and adolescent cancer survivors at greatest risk for adverse health. An early indicator of those at risk for adverse health will allow researchers to test, and clinicians to provide, specific interventions designed to remediate functional loss, and prevent or delay onset of chronic health conditions. The investigators goals include characterizing physical frailty over a five year time span in a population of young adult survivors of childhood cancer, as well as assessing the association between frailty and the increase in the number and severity of chronic health conditions.

Start: October 2014

CD19.CAR-multiVSTs for Patients With CD19+ B-ALL or NHL Undergoing Related Allogeneic HSCT (CARMA)

This study is for patients that are having a bone marrow or stem cell transplant for either a type of cancer of the blood called Leukemia or a cancer of the lymph nodes called Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). Although a transplant can cure leukemia or lymphoma, some people will relapse (return of the disease). In those who relapse, current treatment cures only a very small percentage. This study is being conducted to evaluate the safety of a new type of therapy that may help to decrease the risk of relapse or treat relapse after it has occurred. The body has different ways of fighting infection and disease. This study combines two of those ways, antibodies and T cells. Antibodies are proteins that protect the body from bacterial and other diseases. T cells are infection-fighting blood cells that can kill other cells, including tumor cells. Antibodies and T cells have been used to treat patients with cancers; they have shown promise, but have not been strong enough to cure most patients. The antibody used in this study is called anti-CD19. This antibody is attracted to cancer cells because of a substance on the outside of these cells called CD19. For this study, the anti-CD19 antibody has been changed so that instead of floating free in the blood it is now joined to T cells. When an antibody is joined to a T cell in this way it is called a chimeric receptor (also known as a CAR T cell). Although anti-CD19 antibodies or chimeric receptors can kill cancer cells, unfortunately they sometimes do not last long enough to destroy all of the cancer cells. These CD19 chimeric receptor multivirus specific T cells are an investigational product not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The purpose of this study is to find the biggest dose of chimeric T cells that is safe to administer, to determine what the side effects are, to see how long the T cells last and to evaluate whether this therapy might help prevent infections and relapse in people with CD19+ leukemia or lymphoma having a bone marrow transplant.

Start: June 2021

Postural Control Under Different Cognitive Loads in Adult Survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Age-Matched Healthy Individuals

The purpose of this study is to determine if adult survivors of childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) enrolled on the SJLife (St. Jude Life) protocol are at increased risk for postural control deficits compared to individuals with no cancer history. All participants will be assessed for their ability to maintain an upright posture, walk at their usual speed, and to tandem walk, all while engaged in a cognitive task. Primary Objective To compare changes in postural control in ALL survivors to changes in postural control in healthy controls, matched on age- and sex- in simple versus complex standing and walking activities (complex: standing or walking with added cognitive load). Secondary Objective To identify demographic and performance related risk factors for decreased postural control during complex standing or walking activities in survivors and controls and to evaluate associations between treatment and the changes in postural control during complex activities among survivors.

Start: October 2018

A Study of CTA30X Cell Injection in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory CD19-positive B-line Hematological Malignancies

A study of CTA30X cell injection in the treatment of relapsed or refractory CD19-positive B-line hematological malignancies

Start: December 2020

A Study of CTA101 UCAR-T Cell Injection in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory CD19+ B-line Hematological Malignancy

A study of CTA101 UCAR-T cell injection in patients with relapsed or refractory CD19+ B-line hematological malignancy

Start: January 2020

Evaluation of Long-term Health Status and Quality of Life in Adult Survivors With Philadelphia-negative Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma Treated With an Intensive Pediatric or Pediatric-inspired Protocol

The overall survival of adult patients (15-59y) with Philadelphia-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (ALL/LL) was dramatically improved by the use of full pediatric or pediatric-inspired protocols (GRAALL2003/05-LL03-FRALLE2000) that aimed to reduce the risk of relapse by adopting more intensive chemotherapeutical schedule. This approach led to a global improvement in overall survival (5y-OS, 57%) whatever patient age but was responsible for an excess of treatment-related mortality in patients older than 45 years (5y-TRM in patients > 45y, 19%). Pediatric longitudinal studies pointed out that long term leukemia survivors have an increased risk of developing specific adverse events like dysmetabolic syndrome, obesity, decreased fertility, organ dysfunction, osseous events, or impaired cognitive functions. This study aims to evaluate the impact in term of long-term events and QoL in adult patients that received an intensified therapeutic approach recently implemented in adult cooperative groups. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of late effects in adult patients treated 10 years ago for ALL/LL with an intensified pediatric-inspired protocol (GRAALL2003/05-LL03-FRALLE2000) that exposed patients to increased cumulative doses of chemotherapy, central nervous system irradiation or w/o allogeneic transplant after total body irradiation-based regimen w/o boost irradiation on central nevous system. One of the secondary endpoint of the study is to assess quality of life of these patients.

Start: January 2021

An Extension Study of Venetoclax for Subjects Who Have Completed a Prior Venetoclax Clinical Trial

The purpose of this extension study is to provide venetoclax and obtain long-term safety data for subjects who continue to tolerate and derive benefit from receiving venetoclax in ongoing studies.

Start: September 2019

SARS-CoV-2 Donor-Recipient Immunity Transfer

This study investigates whether donors with previous exposure to COVID-19 can pass their immunity by hematopoietic (blood) stem cell transplant (HCT) donation to patients that have not been exposed. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the virus that causes the COVID19 infection. This study may provide critical information for medical decision-making and possible immunotherapy interventions in immunocompromised transplant recipients, who are at high risk for COVID19 severe illness.

Start: September 2020

Multi-modality Imaging and Collection of Biospecimen Samples in Understanding Bone Marrow Changes in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Undergoing TBI and Chemotherapy

This pilot clinical trial studies multi-modality imaging and collection of biospecimen samples in understanding bone marrow changes in patients with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing total body irradiation (TBI) and chemotherapy. Using mutli-modality imaging and collecting biospecimen samples may help doctors know more about how TBI and chemotherapy can change the bone marrow.

Start: February 2018

Blinatumomab Maintenance Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

You are being asked to take part in this study because you either had Ph positive B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or still have a small amount of the disease and recently received an allogeneic stem cell transplant (cells from someone else). The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if blinatumomab in patients who have had an allogeneic stem cell transplant can help to control ALL or prevent ALL from coming back in patients who either have a small amount of ALL or have had ALL in the past. The safety of this drug will also be studied.

Start: August 2016

Safety Study of Gene Modified Donor T-cells Following TCR Alpha Beta Depleted Stem Cell Transplant

This study will evaluate pediatric patients with malignant or non-malignant blood cell disorders who are having a blood stem cell transplant depleted of T cell receptor (TCR) alfa and beta cells that comes from a partially matched family donor. The study will assess whether immune cells, called T cells, from the family donor, that are specially grown in the laboratory and given back to the patient along with the stem cell transplant can help the immune system recover faster after transplant. As a safety measure these T cells have been programmed with a self-destruct switch so that they can be destroyed if they start to react against tissues (Graft versus host disease).

Start: April 2014

CARPALL: Immunotherapy With CD19 CAR T-cells for CD19+ Haematological Malignancies

This study aims to evaluate the safety, efficacy and duration of response of CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) redirected autologous T-cells in children with high risk, relapsed CD19+ haematological malignancies.

Start: April 2016

Safety and Efficacy of Ponatinib for Treatment of Pediatric Recurrent or Refractory Leukemias or Solid Tumors

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of ponatinib in children aged 1 to < 18 years with advanced leukemias, lymphomas, and solid tumors.

Start: January 2020

A Study of Murine CD19 CAR-T Therapy for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory CD19+ B-cell Hematological Malignancies

A Study of Murine CD19 CAR-T Cells Therapy for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory CD19+ B-cell Hematological Malignancies.

Start: November 2020

A Study of CAR-T Cells Therapy for Patients With Relapsed and/or Refractory Central Nervous System Hematological Malignancies

Start: November 2020

A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Apixaban in Preventing Blood Clots in Children With Leukemia Who Have a Central Venous Catheter and Are Treated With Asparaginase

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of a blood thinning drug called Apixaban versus no administration of a blood thinning drug, in preventing blood clots in children with leukemia or lymphoma. Patients must be receiving chemotherapy, including asparaginase, and have a central line (a catheter inserted for administration of medications and blood sampling)

Start: April 2015

SC-PEG Asparaginase vs. Oncaspar in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

This study is being conducted to learn about the effects of SC-PEG, which is a new form of a chemotherapy drug called asparaginase. Asparaginase is used to treat ALL and lymphoblastic lymphoma. The standard form of asparaginase, called Elspar, is given in the muscle once a week for 30 weeks. There are other forms of asparaginase. The investigators will be studying two of these: Oncaspar and Calaspargase Pegol (SC-PEG). The investigators have previously studied giving Oncaspar in the vein (instead of the muscle) every 2 weeks in patients with ALL, and have shown that this dosing did not lead to any more side effects than Elspar given weekly in the muscle. The study drug, SC-PEG, is very similar but not identical to Oncaspar. SC-PEG has been given in the vein to children and adolescents with ALL as part of other research studies, and it appears to last longer in the blood after a dose than Oncaspar. It has not yet been approved by the FDA. The goal of this research study is to learn whether the side effects and drug levels of SC-PEG given in the vein every 3 weeks are similar to Oncaspar given into the vein about every 2 weeks. The study will also help to determine whether changing treatment for children and adolescents with ALL with high levels of minimal residual disease may improve cure rates. Measuring minimal disease (MRD) is a laboratory test that finds low levels of leukemia cells that the investigators cannot see under the microscope. In the past, it has been shown that children and adolescents with ALL with high levels of MRD after one month of treatment are less likely to be cured than those with low levels of MRD. Therefore, on the study, the bone marrow and blood at the end of the first month of treatment will be measured in participants with leukemia, and changes in therapy will be implemented based on this measurement. It is not known for sure that changing treatment will improve cure rates. MRD levels can only be measured if the marrow is filled with cancer cells at the time of diagnosis. Therefore, MRD studies will only be done in children and adolescents with ALL and not in those with lymphoblastic lymphoma. Another part of the study is to determine whether giving antibiotics during the first month of treatment even to participants without fever will prevent serious infections in the blood and other parts of the body. About 25% of children and adolescents with ALL and lymphoblastic lymphoma who receive standard treatment develop a serious blood infection from a bacteria during the first month of treatment. Typically, antibiotics (medicines that fight bacteria) are given by vein only after a child with leukemia or lymphoma develops a fever or have other signs of infection. In this study, antibiotics will be given by mouth or in the vein to all participants during the first month of treatment, whether or not they develop fever. Another goal of the study to learn how vitamin D levels relate to bone problems (such as broken bones or fractures) that children and adolescents with ALL and lymphoblastic lymphoma experience while on treatment. Some of the chemotherapy drugs used to treat ALL and lymphoblastic lymphoma can make bones weaker, which make fractures more likely. Vitamin D is a natural substance from food and sunlight that can help keep bones strong. The investigators will study how often participants have low levels of vitamin D while receiving chemotherapy, and, for those with low levels, whether giving vitamin D supplements will increase those levels. Another focus of the study is to learn more about the biology of ALL and lymphoblastic lymphoma by doing research on blood, bone and spinal fluid bone marrow samples. The goal of this research is to improve treatment for children with leukemia in the future.

Start: April 2012

A Pilot RCT of the PRISM Intervention for AYAs With Cancer

Study Title: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the Promoting Resilience in Stress Management (PRISM) Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer Study Population and Sample Size: Two cohorts of Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) patients with diagnosis of new or recurrent cancer between 1 and 10 weeks prior to enrollment: those ages 13-17 (N=50); (2) those ages 18-25 (N=50). Study Design: Pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT). Primary Objective: To test the efficacy of the "Promoting Resilience in Stress Management" (PRISM) among Adolescents and Young Adults with cancer. Primary Outcome: Change in patient-reported resilience (based on score of standardized Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale) at 6 months. Secondary Outcomes: Patient-reported resilience at 2, 4, and 12 months Patient-reported self-efficacy, benefit-finding, psychological distress, quality of life, and health-behaviors at 6 and 12 months. Qualitative assessment of patient-reported goals at 6 and 12 months Development of a cohort of AYA cancer survivors for assessment of long-term psychosocial outcomes Study Duration: 3 years

Start: January 2015

Asparaginase Activity Monitoring (AAM) in Adult Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

In order to understand how pharmacokinetics and immunological inactivation affect the therapeutic efficacy of Asparaginase (ASP), it is of help and advised in the frame of clinical font-line protocols to monitor the enzymatic activity by measuring the serum ASP levels in the days following the administration of the drug.

Start: June 2020