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CompletedNCT00015483

Hematotoxic Effects of Particulate Exposure

Hematotoxic Effects of Benzene and Doxorubicin

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
Sponsor
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) · NIH
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

Hematotoxicity is caused by a number of agents such as a benzene by-product called hydroquinone and the antitumor agent doxorubicin. This is a basic research study, conducted using normal human donors, of mechanisms involved in hematotoxicity and of the protective response of human hematopoietic progenitor cells to hematotoxic agents. Tumor necrosis factor exposure protects these cells from a subsequent exposure to hematotoxic agents. The alteration of gene expression in these cells caused by tumor necrosis factor is being studied. Additionally, the tumor necrosis factor-induced biochemical pathways involved in protection of human hematopoietic progenitor cells will be studied.

Conditions

Timeline

First posted
2001-04-23
Last updated
2006-09-04

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00015483. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.