Clinical Trials Directory

Trials / Completed

CompletedNCT01139307

Biomarkers in Samples From Patients With Down Syndrome and Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia

Development of Novel Therapeutics for AMKL

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
10 (estimated)
Sponsor
Children's Oncology Group · Network
Sex
All
Age
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood or tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is studying biomarkers in samples from patients with Down syndrome and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine whether megakaryocyte differentiation agents comprising a Rho kinase inhibitor and a JAK3 inhibitor can lead to proliferation arrest, polyploidization, and terminal differentiation of blasts in specimens from patients with Down syndrome and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. OUTLINE: Cryopreserved specimens are cultured and treated in vivo (in mice) and in vitro with megakaryocytic differentiation agents comprising a Rho kinase inhibitor and a JAK3 inhibitor.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERcell culture procedure
OTHERlaboratory biomarker analysis

Timeline

Start date
2009-07-01
Primary completion
2012-08-01
First posted
2010-06-08
Last updated
2016-02-23

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01139307. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.