Immune therapy trial aims to stop Leukemia's return

NCT ID NCT02275533

Summary

This study is testing whether the immunotherapy drug nivolumab can help keep acute myeloid leukemia (AML) from coming back after successful chemotherapy. It will compare giving nivolumab as a long-term maintenance treatment against standard observation in 82 adults who are in remission but not planning a stem cell transplant. The goal is to see if boosting the immune system can find and destroy any hidden cancer cells to keep patients in remission longer.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Banner University Medical Center - Tucson

    Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States

  • Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Ben Taub General Hospital

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California, 91010, United States

  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States

  • Decatur Memorial Hospital

    Decatur, Illinois, 62526, United States

  • Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States

  • Illinois CancerCare-Peoria

    Peoria, Illinois, 61615, United States

  • Indiana University/Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • Los Angeles General Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • Moffitt Cancer Center-International Plaza

    Tampa, Florida, 33607, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus

    The Bronx, New York, 10461, United States

  • NCI - Center for Cancer Research

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

  • Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033-0850, United States

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, United States

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, United States

  • Smilow Cancer Center/Yale-New Haven Hospital

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States

  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • UC Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross

    New Lenox, Illinois, 60451, United States

  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

  • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • University Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • University of Arizona Cancer Center-North Campus

    Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States

  • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

  • University of Chicago Medicine-Orland Park

    Orland Park, Illinois, 60462, United States

  • University of Kansas Cancer Center

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

  • University of Kansas Clinical Research Center

    Fairway, Kansas, 66205, United States

  • University of Kansas Hospital-Westwood Cancer Center

    Westwood, Kansas, 66205, United States

  • University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States

  • University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States

  • University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center - University Hospital

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

  • Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

  • Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center

    Farmington Hills, Michigan, 48334, United States

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

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