New drug aims to free MDS patients from frequent blood transfusions

NCT ID NCT02598661

Summary

This study tested a drug called imetelstat for people with a bone marrow disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). The goal was to see if the drug could help patients who need regular blood transfusions and whose disease has stopped responding to standard treatments. Researchers measured if the drug could help patients go longer periods without needing a transfusion.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • A.O. Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda

    Milan, Lombardy, 20162, Italy

  • A.O. Universitaria Policlinico Tor Vergata

    Roma, Roma, 00133, Italy

  • AO S. Andrea, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza

    Roma, 189, Italy

  • AOU Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I G.M. Lancisi G. Salesi

    Ancona, 60020, Italy

  • AOU di Bologna Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi

    Bologna, 40138, Italy

  • AZ Klina

    Brasschaat, 2930, Belgium

  • AZ Sint-Jan Burgge-Oostende

    Bruges, West-Vlaanderen, 8000, Belgium

  • Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

    Aberdeen, AB252ZL, United Kingdom

  • Acrc/Arizona Clinical Research, Inc.

    Tucson, Arizona, 85715, United States

  • Ankara University Medical Faculty - Hematology

    Ankara, Anatolia, 6590, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Ars Medical sp. z o.o.

    Piła, Wielkopolskie Województwo, 64-920, Poland

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Az Groeninge

    Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, 8500, Belgium

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi di Firenze

    Florence, 50134, Italy

  • BRCR Medical Center

    Plantation, Florida, 33326, United States

  • CBCC Global Research, Inc.

    Bakersfield, California, 93309, United States

  • CH Le Mans - HAEMATOLOGY

    Le Mans, Sarthe, 72037, France

  • CHRU Nancy Brabois

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 54511, France

  • CHRU de Lille - Hopital Claude Huriez - Maladies du Sang

    Lille, 59037, France

  • CHU - Hôpital Saint Louis - H

    Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75010, France

  • CHU Tours

    Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, 37044, France

  • CHU de Grenoble - Hôpital Albe

    La Tronche, Isère, 38700, France

  • CHU de Limoges, Hopital Dupuytren

    Limoges, Haute-Vienne, 87042, France

  • CHU de Poitiers

    Poitiers, Vienne, 86021, France

  • Carmel MC

    Haifa, 3436212, Israel

  • Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20817, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitai

    Angers, 49100, France

  • Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital

    Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, 58128, South Korea

  • City Clinical Hospital

    Moscow, 129301, Russia

  • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Clinics of Samarskiy GMU

    Samara, Volga, 443079, Russia

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Cukurova University Medical Faculty

    Adana, 1330, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Ege Universitesi Tip Fakultesi - Hematology

    Izmir, İzmir, 35040, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Emergency Hospital of Dzerzhinsk

    Dzerzhinsk, 606019, Russia

  • FGU-Russian Research Institut

    Saint Petersburg, 191024, Russia

  • FN Hradec Kralove

    Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, 500 05, Czechia

  • FN Kralovske Vinohrady

    Prague, 100 34, Czechia

  • Fachärztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis mit Schwerpunkt

    Dresden, Saxony, 1307, Germany

  • Fakultni nemocnice Brno

    Brno, Brno-město, 625 00, Czechia

  • Franciscan Health

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46237-8601, United States

  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC)

    Seattle, Washington, 98109-1024, United States

  • GZA Ziekenhuizen - Campus Sint

    Wilrijk, Antwerpen, 2610, Belgium

  • Gachon University Gil Medical Center - oncology

    Incheon, Incheon Gwang'Yeogsi, 21565, South Korea

  • Grande Ospedale Metropolitano 'Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli' Reggio Calabria

    Reggio Calabria, 89124, Italy

  • H.U.Pta.del Mar

    Cadiz, Cádiz, 11009, Spain

  • Ha'Emek Medical Center

    Afula, Northern District, 1834111, Israel

  • Hadassah Medical Organization

    Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 9112001, Israel

  • Hopital de l'Archet

    Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, 6202, France

  • Hosp. Clinico Univ. de Salamanca

    Salamanca, 37007, Spain

  • Hosp. Gral. Univ. Gregorio Maranon

    Madrid, 28007, Spain

  • Hosp. Univ. Germans Trias I Pujol

    Badalona, 08916, Spain

  • Hosp. Univ. La Paz

    Madrid, 28046, Spain

  • Hosp. Univ. Vall D Hebron

    Barcelona, 08035, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe

    Valencia, 46026, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Doctor

    Valencia, Valencia, 46017, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Valme

    Seville, Sevilla, 41014, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda

    Majadahonda, Madrid, 28222, Spain

  • Hospital de Cruces

    Barakaldo, Vizcaya, 48903, Spain

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program for the Protection of Human Subjects

    New York, New York, 10029, United States

  • Inselspital - Universitätsspital Bern

    Bern, Canton of Bern, 3010, Switzerland

  • Instytut patolohii krovi ta transfusiynoi medytsyny NAMN Ukr

    Lviv, Lviv Oblast, 79044, Ukraine

  • Irccs Crob

    Rionero in Vulture, Potenza, 85028, Italy

  • Istituto Clinico Humanitas Rozzano, IRCCS

    Rozzano, Milano, 20089, Italy

  • Jewish General Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada

  • Johannes Gutenberg Universität

    Mainz, 55131, Germany

  • KNP "Cherkaskyi oblasnyi onkolohichnyi dyspanser Cherkaskoi

    Cherkasy, Cherkasy Oblast, 18009, Ukraine

  • KZ "Miska bahatoprofilna klinichna likarnia No4", hematolohi

    Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, 49102, Ukraine

  • Kantonsspital St. Gallen - Onkologie/Hämatologie

    Sankt Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, 9007, Switzerland

  • Kaplan Medical Center

    Rehovot, Hagalil Saint, 7610001, Israel

  • Meander Medisch Centrum

    Amersfoort, 3813 TZ, Netherlands

  • Meir Medical Center

    Kfar Saba, Central District, 44281, Israel

  • Nizhniy Novgorod Region Clinical Hospital

    Nizhny Novgorod, 603126, Russia

  • Nottingham City Hospital - Clinical Haematology

    Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom

  • Oncologic Dispensary No.2

    Sochi, 354057, Russia

  • Ospedale di Circolo, PO Varese

    Varese, 21100, Italy

  • PRATIA Poznań

    Poznan, Ul. Gryfińska 1, 60-192, Poland

  • Prairie lakes Healthcare system, Inc

    Watertown, South Dakota, 57201, United States

  • Princess Margaret Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2L7, Canada

  • Pusan National University Hospital - Hematology and Oncology

    Seogu, Incheon, 42941, South Korea

  • Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital

    Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel

  • Radboud Umcn

    Nijmegen, Gelderland, 6525 GA, Netherlands

  • Ryazan Regional Clinical Hospital

    Ryazan, 390039, Russia

  • SPZOZ MSWiA z Warminsko - Mazurskim Centrum Onkologii

    Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, 10-228, Poland

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 03080, South Korea

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei Uni

    Seoul, 3722, South Korea

  • Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • Southampton University Hospital

    Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom

  • St. Agnes Healthcare, Inc

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21229, United States

  • Studienzentrum für Hämatologie, Onkologie,Diabetologie, Endoskopie und Fußambulanz

    Aschaffenburg, 63739, Germany

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada

  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 49372, Israel

  • Texas Oncology/Methodist Charlton Cancer Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75237, United States

  • The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

    Seoul, 06591, South Korea

  • The Chaim Sheba Medical Center

    Tel Litwinsky, Tel Aviv, 5265601, Israel

  • The Edith Wolfson Medical Center

    H̱olon, Central District, 58100, Israel

  • The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    Leeds, Leeds, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom

  • The Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • The Ottawa Hospital

    Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 8L6, Canada

  • Tom Baker Cancer Centre

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N2, Canada

  • UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

  • UCLA Ronald Regan Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • UZ Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg

    Leuven, 3000, Belgium

  • Universitaetsspital Zuerich

    Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

    Groningen, 9713 GZ, Netherlands

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

    Ghent, 9000, Belgium

  • Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carcus Dresden

    Dresden, 01307, Germany

  • University Hospital Bonn

    Bonn, 53127, Germany

  • University Hospital Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, 79106, Germany

  • University Hospital Leipzig

    Leipzig, Saxony, 4107, Germany

  • University Hospital in Basel

    Basel, Basel-Stadt (de), 4031, Switzerland

  • University of Alberta Hospital - Hematology Research

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R3, Canada

  • University of New Mexico Cancer Center

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

  • University of South Florida (USF) - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf, 40225, Germany

  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. J. Mikulicza-Radeckiego

    Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, 50-367, Poland

  • VU Medisch Centrum

    Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands

  • Vanderbilt University Medical - Hematology-Oncology

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-6307, United States

  • Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze

    Prague, 128 08, Czechia

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Presbyterian Hospital

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny sp.z o.o.

    Słupsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 76-200, Poland

  • Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) - Smilow Cancer Hospital

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510-3220, United States

  • ZAS Cadix

    Antwerp, Antwerpen, 2030, Belgium

  • ZAS Middelheim

    Antwerp, Antwerpen, 2020, Belgium

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