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The novelist Thomas Mann records (in The Genesis of a Novel) a conversation he had with Schoenberg about the new Trio in October 1946:
He told me about the new Trio he had just completed, and about the experiences he had secretly woven into the composition – experiences of which the work was a kind of fruit. He had even, he said, represented his illness and medical treatment in the music, including even the male nurses and all the other oddities of American hospitals. The work was extremely difficult to play, he said, in fact almost impossible, or at best only for three players of virtuoso rank; but, on the other hand, the music was very rewarding because of its extraordinary tonal effects.
(Echoes of this conversation may be found in Mann's novel Doktor Faustus, whose composer– hero Adrian Leverkühn is shown as composing a similarly 'unplayable, but rewarding' String Trio.) It would be misguided, even so, to regard the Trio as too exclusively a 'fruit' of Schoenberg's near-death experience (he had, in fact, begun sketching it two months before the attack). Indeed, although he told his former pupil Adolph Weiss that he had even depicted the entry of the hypodermic needle, there seems no point in hunting out and pinning down such details. It is enough to know that the music reflects an experience of extreme physical and mental disorientation – and reflects it brilliantly, in violent dissonance and rhythmic disruption, extraordinary tonal effects and, above all, the fragmentation of melodic material. The freedom of form and expression is of an order Schoenberg had scarcely approached since the emotional outpouring of his Expressionist music-drama Erwartung.
Schoenberg seems to have been impelled to produce a creative statement that would sum up, in the most concentrated form, the essential aspects of his art. It is, therefore, not only the most adventurous piece he ever wrote, stylistically, structurally and in its application of the twelve-note method; it also enshrines the deepest contrasts. For every nightmarish passage of hammered chords, clicking col legno bowing, or glassy harmonics, there is one of profound peace or reflective tenderness. This duality is manifest in the way that the furious opening is stilled by the calmly yearning, rising line that begins the second section; and it is these assuaging elements, eventually, which are left unchallenged at the end. Though the 'revolutionary' aspects of the Trio have claimed most of the attention of commentators, it is the work's expressive totality that is the most impressive thing about it.
The Trio's single movement comprises five spans, three 'Parts' divided by two 'Episodes'. Part 1 and the First Episode together comprise what may loosely be termed the 'exposition'. But we cannot think in terms of first and second subjects: motifs there are in plenty, but they are short, and uncompromisingly juxtaposed – it is their manner of presentation, most of all, which characterizes these first two sections. Part 1 plunges us into a fantastic world in which we seem to have lost our bearings completely. Trills, tremolandos, harmonics, rhythmic figures, snatches of melody, motivic blocks – graphic images and outbursts of frightening intensity – are flung, apparently at random, upon the listener. We seem to be at the centre of a psychological storm. But when Episode 1 begins we are confronted with something familiar, even comforting – the serene rising phrase on the violin is in a clear A major. The Episode continues with further calm, pacifying material – though it is some time before an extended melodic statement appears.
Part 2 and the Second Episode can be viewed as a 'development'. Part 2 attempts to continue the tranquil moods of the First Episode, and for the most part succeeds. Given its serial nature the warmth and gentleness of much of this music is remarkable: its soundworld seems almost to approach that of the late Beethoven quartets. (Indeed, considering the circumstances of its composition, it is not wholly fanciful to see in certain exalted passages a Schoenbergian equivalent of the 'Heiliger Dankgesang' from Beethoven's Op 132.) In the Second Episode, however, the frenzied, disruptive music regains the upper hand, and explodes with new force at the outset of Part 3. This final section begins as a drastically compressed recapitulation of Part 1 and the First Episode – concentrating on the most striking images of the earlier music rather than its literal repetition. But a final fury of the 'psychological storm' gives way to one of Schoenberg's most consolatory codas. A lyrical melody that first emerged in Part 2 is heard cantabile in the violin's highest register, shining through a halo of harmonics from viola and cello, before in a sublimated waltz-tempo the work descends, light as thistledown, to a quiet, undemonstrative close of profound calm.
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To digress in an extensive way. To divert the conversation to a topic that is not only unrelated to the topic at hand, but a topic that will likely have no immediate resolution either.
That's an interesting discussion, but let's stay on track and not go down a rat-hole.
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A place where you put some money to save that no one knows about.
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A topic of conversation that has diverted wildly from the original conversational thread and is generally viewed by all (but the one leading the topic) as being without resolution, or at the very least is uninteresting to others in the group. Ratholes usually open up when related but tangential topics are discussed which are explored in much more detail than is required for the relational reference to the original thread.
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Kang...I like it! Good explanation with viability! I will consider this as sacred text...sort of...well, just good s#!t to read!
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@Hod K'el, some ships have armour because that was what was used before the invention of shields. Ships like the Federation old light cruiser and the Romulan War Eagle/King Eagle are in fact refitted versions of much older ships, which retain the armour because it's not worth removing it. Some other units have armour to reflect general toughness, like the battle station and Planet Killer. PK is made of neutronium, and very tough.
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"Penetrating" means that it causes internal damage.
So, ten points done to a ten point shield means that burn-through is done, resulting in nine boxes to the shield (leaving one box) and one point of burn-through internal damage.
Waking this thread up because of an argument at our last play session.
A ship with armor was struck with damage such that, using batteries, the player was able to cause the shield to drop with one internal.
Example: Ship has 22 shields, 5 armor, 3 batteries and ample remaining energy. It is struck for 24 points of damage. Player uses 1 battery to reduce the damage to 23.
In this case his argument was that he did NOT take burn through because burn through only occurs when the shield is not penetrated. (It was, in fact, penetrated.) He further argued that the 1 remaining point would be taken on armor because while burnthrough bypasses armor, that 1 point of damage was a internal, not burn.
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If any volley consists of at least ten points but does not penetrate a shield,
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.... Any damage that penetrates the shields is scored first on this armor regardless of the direction from which the damage came. All of the armor must be disabled before any damage can be allocated to the ship itself. This does not include the effects of
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...This does not include the effects of Any damage that penetrates the shields is scored first on this armor regardless of the direction from which the damage came. All of the armor must be disabled before any damage can be allocated to the ship itself. This does not include the effects of burn through (3C8) which bypass armor.
Now I personally think this is a silly interpretation but the logic is consistent with the rules:
The shield was penetrated. Therefore no burn through.
The 1 extra point of damage should be scored on armor because it is not a "burn through" and therefore does not bypass the armor.
Obviously, however, what this causes is a situation where if the damage is around the amount that it can take down the shield but (with or without a little reinforcement) cannot penetrate the armor then the ship takes no meaningful hits.
Is this the intent?
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Why does burnthrough bypass armor? This just does not make any sense to me, so is there a logical explanation?
My thinking is: I have a shield; I get shot; the shot makes it through the shield; the next thing that gets hit is the armor I put on my ship; if the shot gets through my armor, what damn good is the armor? Good people are getting killed here!
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Your opponent was correct in his use of the rules.
Since he allowed the shield to fully go down, the single damage point was
burn-through, and the armor would indeed be hit. For the single point of damage to be burn-through, there needed to have been a single shield box left.
Fundamentally, this is a border case. Since there is a distinction between burn-through and normal internal damage, you will have a border case. It is what it is.
Plus, there are trade offs. For example, if your opponent had expended an extra point of power, then two things would have changed: 1) The point of damage would have made it through anyway, and it would be burn-through; 2) There would be a shield box left. While it is the case that the point of internal damage would now skip the armor, it is also the case that the single remaining shield box could still be reinforced. So, having lots of space power that turn could help avoid future internals. It also would prevent any transporter actions. Since he did not do that, the shield is down, you can transport through it (on that impulse, no less), and, if you can line the shield up again, you can fire through the empty shield and he cannot use reinforcement.
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Okay. Thanks for the response.
I had always envisioned the burn-through as damage that happened because the bridge of the enterprise would shake (surely something would get damaged) and then spock would announced deflector shields at 54%
It is a corner case but it does give a ship with lots of batteries and armor a way to avoid a weapon or power hit if it is important.
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Yes, but there are only like two with lots of batteries (WE, KE) and two with (relatively speaking) lots of power (F-CL, KE). So, it isn't like it is all that common. (Well, and larger bases. But then, they need all the help they can get.)
Besides, as I tried to point out, there is a downside to doing it that way. The downside is that the shield is now down, when they could have preserved at least one shield box. Without that last shield box, they are vulnerable to transports (i.e. marine raids) and the shield cannot be reinforced against other volleys. So, there is a trade-off being made.
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penetrating means the there is internal damage done, and the facing shield is down.
if you do exact damage as the shield, you do the burn through.
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One of the essentials in my gluten free pantry!
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Posted by iHerbalicious on Nov 20, 2012
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I have a coeliac disease so a gluten free diet is of a vital importance to me. I buy most of gluten free flours from iHerb, since in our country (EU market) selection of GF products is not that wide - in last years has improved a lot but we are not there yet;) And GF sorghum flour is one of the products that have not yet reached our shelves, so I am really glad I discovered it on iHerb. I must say that from all GF flours I've tried, sorghum flour is the one that (taste wise) the most resembles wheat. I use it in my home baked GF bread (I mix it with other GF flours, but usually sorghum flour represents 50%) and it is great for thickening sauces. I heartily recommend it to all of coeliacs out there! :)
Good gluten-free flour
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We mix this with Potato Starch and Tapioca Flour for a base gluten-free flour to replace cup-for-cup wheat flour in any recipe and everything turns out great. 1 bag sorghum, 1 bag potato, 3 cups tapioca.) Great price at iHerb!
The best gluten free flour I have used.
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I almost gave up on gluten free baking until I tried one more attempt with sorghum flour. Now I can make baked goods that taste similar to the wheat versions we were use to using sorghum, coconut, and tapioca flour. I also use lots of ground oats.
Bob's Sorghum flour
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Posted by Reviewer3033884 on Jun 08, 2010
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Blend this with your Sweet Rice Flour, potato and corn starch, and your bread will be much tastier!!! It is too bad IHerb doesn't carry the Bob's Sweet Rice Flour. They ship fast and free if your order is large enough.
Bob's Red Mill Sweet White Sorghum Flour
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Posted by Reviewer1434920 on Jul 28, 2010
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really like this flour as it provides protein when added to my other gluten free flours and lowers the overall GI. works really well at 20-30% of the overall flour mix and taste is quite good


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I've been woodworking off and on for decades, but instruction came from watching (real life, not tv or video) and then as a hands-on self learner. I never had a "teacher" as such, so thought I would see what a more academic approach had to offer. Liked this book, the writing, the skill levels of the writers, the format, the pictures and the graphics. It's always good to be re-acquainted with what has been forgotten or needs to be re-learned, as well as learning new. It's a good instruction, as well as a good reference, book.
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I've looked around and didn't see one, so I've decided to start a thread here to share ideas, tips and stories on running a game of PD in any system.
I'll start it off.
The last game of PD I ran was using G: PD 3e while stationed in Germany. I didn't want to run a military campaign as being a soldier kind of takes the fun out role-playing one. So I decided on a police campaign instead.
The setup: The players are members of the Federation Marshall service assaigned to the SW sectors of Federation Space. They are provided with a Prime Trader along with pilot and engineer NPCs to run the ship. ( None of them had picked enough ship handling skills to handle the ship on their own, so I had to adjust).
Their first mission was a shake-down cruise and a training excersize for the group. None of them had played GURPS before and I wanted to give them a session or two to get a feel for the game and to work together.
They were heading to a planet who's name I forget to investigate a reported case of smuggling at the Capital city's port.
When I felt they'd gotten a good feel for how the game plays, I pulled the classic switch up. There really was smuggling going on at the port and the PCs stumble upon it.
Hilarity ensues.
I can't remeber all the details and I've lost my notes on it. But a savvy GM can take this and run with it.
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We've got a PD20KM campaign in the final stages of organization. It'll be starting in the next month or so... although it looks like it'll be run via webcam / webchat to start with. Conflicting schedules, doncha know...
The premise is deceptively simple:
A highly placed, but somewhat contraversial (for a Vulcan that is... meaning that a colleague once raised both eyebrows simultaneously at his comments
) has a new theory about the ancient exile that led to the creation of the Romulan Empire.
In order to validate his theories, he has persuaded the Romulan Govt to allow a small archeological expedition to enter the periphery of Rom space to seek evidence of the travels of the early exiles.
The problems however; are myriad:
The campaign begins less than a year before the Day of the Eagle, so tensions are running high...
The Vulcan behind the expedition has unknown but ulterior motives...
One of the party members (planned in advance with a devious player) is a secret agent. His mission is to hook up wth an Orion Pirate to deliver plans for coordinating the Romulan Invasion of the Federation with a Klingon Offensive...
The Orion Pirate has orders not to leave any witnesses...
The actual "exiles" route will not go where everyone assumed, so the party will have to choose - give up the mission or slip onto the occasional "unauthorized" planet...
The GIA has slipped a secret agent (the NPC pilot of the science expeditions Free Trader) into the group to spy on the Romulan Empire from within...
Since all six player prefer and excel at "role" playing as opposed to "roll" playing - it should make for an interesting campaign. Especially once the Romulans invade and the science visas are revorked and warrants issued for thier arrest as spies! Then it becomes a game of Can You Get Home?
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The campaign outline I'm working up involves the crew of a Federation starship on patrol and exploration missions. It will eventually include an answer as to what happened to the Old Kings and uncovering the most awful plot I can imagine.
I wish I had players ready to go now. It's a lot of fun writing this outline anyway!
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I've just started a 3-adventure campaign set around Day One on the Federation western border. The majority of the players are not familiar with the SFU and most haven't seen ST:TOS in recent years. That being said, they're all the more interested.
The first (intro) session was the "Roon" scenario in the back of the book, with a few changes - mainly to bring the Klingons in as the external power supporting the rebels.
The next two adventure are, in order, an expedition to Organia to find out what happened to the Organians and, a raid to recover some important computer tapes from a Federation BATS that has been captured by the Klingon invasion force.
If this short campaign goes well, we'll revisit it in 2011 with another 3-adventure run.
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My local group has two PD campaigns going with different GMs. We meet each Wednesday evening and alternate campaigns.
Tonight is the one that I'm running (PD20/PD20M) and its definatly a bit unique. Its set right after the GW (Y186). The players are the crew of a U1L that the Skipper "purchased" from a Klingon PF group commander. They work in the Tri-border area (Klingon, Fed, Kzin) doing all kinds of contract missions.
The other campaign is set in Y165 and the players are a team of SFIS (Star Fleet Investigative Service) agents that have an NPC run Prime Trader modified to be a kind of mobile precint/crime lab.
Most sessions usually end with the current story solved or settled.
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Bone marrow stem cell transplants (otherwise called bone marrow transplants) from healthy donors are sometimes the only means of curing hematological malignant diseases such as acute and chronic leukemias, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative diseases and lymphomas. Before transplant the patient receives chemotherapy and radiation treatment to reduce the malignancy to low levels and to prevent rejection of the transplant. The transplant restores the blood counts to normal and replaces the patients immunity with that of the donor. The donor's immune cells increase the effect of the transplant by attacking remaining malignant cells. Donor immune cells (especially those called T lymphocytes) also attack healthy non-cancerous cells and tissues of the recipient causing "graft-versus-host-disease" (GVHD). Strong GVHD reactions occurring within weeks after the transplant can be life-threatening . In this study we remove most of the T lymphocytes from the transplant to minimize the risk of GVHD. However to improve immunity against residual malignant cells and boost immunity to infections, donor T cells (stored frozen at time of transplant) are given back around 90 days after the transplant when they have a reduced risk of causing serious GVHD.
Any patient between 10 and 75 years of age with acute or chronic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative syndromes or lymphoma, who have a family member who is a suitable stem cell donor may be eligible for this study. Candidates are screened with a medical history and various tests and examinations.
Participants undergo apheresis to collect lymphocytes for research studies. This procedure involves collecting blood through a needle in the arm, extracting the lymphocytes through a cell separator machine and returning the rest of the blood through a needle in the other arm. Before treatment begins, patients have a central intravenous line (plastic tube) placed in a vein in the neck. This line remains in place during the transplant and recovery period for drawing and transfusing blood, giving medications, and infusing the donated cells.
To prepare patients for transplantation their immune system is suppressed by a combination of chemotherapy and radiation which will also help to fight remaining malignant cells. The chemotherapy consists of two anti-cancer drugs (fludarabin and cyclophosphamide) and will be infused over the central line starting eight days before the transplant. Patients will receive eight doses of total body irradiation, administered in two 30-minute sessions per day for 4 days. Patients above 55 years of age who tolerate transplants less well than younger individuals will receive a lower dose of radiation. One day after the preparative treatment is finished, patients receive the transplant of donors' stem cells as an infusion through the central line.
Patients receive cyclosporine, an immune-suppressing drug starting 6 days before the transplant until 21 days post-transplant. This helps prevent both transplant rejection and GVHD. The drug is stopped to allow the donor immunity to function and is restarted on day 89 to prevent GVHD from the infusion of T lymphocytes on day 90.
Patients are followed with various tests, treatments and examinations periodically for the first 3 years and then yearly thereafter.
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Device: Miltenyi CliniMACS CD34 Reagent System
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Allotransplantation for Hematological Malignancies Using a Positive Stem Cell Selection Technique for T Cell Depletion, Followed by Delayed T Cell Add-Back
- Increased rate of survival at day +200. Non-relapse mortality at day +200 will be monitored for safety. [ Time Frame: Day 200 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Standard transplant outcome variables such as non-hematologic toxicity, incidence and severity of acute and chronic GVHD and relapse of disease. [ Time Frame: 3 years maximum ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2006
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|August 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Device: Miltenyi CliniMACS CD34 Reagent System
Peripheral blood stem cell transplant research carried out by the NHLBI BMT Unit focus on transplant techniques designed to decrease graft versus host disease (GVHD), increase the graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect and reduce the risk of post-transplant graft rejection.
We have found that by controlling the stem cell (CD34+ cell) and T lymphocyte (CD3+ cell) dose severe GVHD can be reduced whilst beneficial GVL effects can be preserved by postponed donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI). We found that T cell depleted transplants using the Nexell/Baxter Isolex 300i system to obtain high CD34+ doses depleted of lymphocytes were safe to administer and associated with less severe acute GVHD and promising response rates and overall survival, when combined with a delayed T cell add-back (DLI). This protocol is designed to evaluate safety and efficacy of an improved T cell depletion procedure using the Miltenyi CliniMACs system (CD34 reagent system) with a delayed T cell add back in the HLA-matched peripheral blood stem cell transplant setting.
The protocol will accrue up to 68 subjects ages 10-75 with a hematological malignancy, in whom allogeneic stem cell transplantation from an HLA-matched sibling would be routinely indicated. 68 sibling donors will also be recruited. Diagnostic categories will include acute and chronic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and myeloproliferative syndromes.
Subjects will receive a myeloablative conditioning regimen of cyclophosphamide, fludarabine and total body irradiation, followed by an infusion of a stem cell product prepared using the Miltenyi CliniMacs system for CD34 selection, and a delayed T-cell add back as donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) at day 90. Older subjects will receive a lower dose of irradiation to reduce the regimen intensity.
Primary endpoint will be overall survival at day +200. Non-relapse mortality at day +200 will be monitored for safety. Secondary endpoints will be standard transplant outcome variables such as non-hematologic toxicity, incidence and severity of acute and chronic GVHD and relapse of disease.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|10 Years to 75 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Ages 10-75 years inclusive
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML):
- Subjects under the age of 21 in chronic phase
- Subjects ages 10-75 in chronic phase who have failed treatment with imatinib, have intolerance to imatinib, or who did not receive imatinib at therapeutic doses within the first 12 months from diagnosis.
- Subjects ages 10-75 in accelerated phase or blast transformation.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): any of these categories: ALL in first remission with high-risk features (presenting leukocyte count greater than 100,000/cu mm, Karyotypes t9; 22, t4, t19, t11, biphenotypic leukemia) All second or subsequent remissions, primary induction failure, partially responding or untreated relapse.
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML): AML in first remission - except AML with good risk karyotypes: AML M3 (t15; 17), AML M4Eo (inv 16), AML t (8; 21). All AML in second or subsequent remission, primary induction failure and resistant relapse
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): any of these categories - refractory anemia with transfusion dependence, refractory anemia with excess of blasts, transformation to acute leukemia, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, atypical MDS/myeloproliferative syndromes
Myeloproliferative disorders including atypical (Ph negative) chronic myeloid and neutrophilic leukemias, progressing myelofibrosis, and polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia in transformation to acute leukemia or with progressive transfusion requirements or pancytopenia.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia refractory to fludarabine treatment and with bulky progressive disease or with thrombocytopenia (less than or equal to 100,000 /microl) or anemia (less than or equal to 10g/dl) not due to recent chemotherapy.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma including Mantle cell lymphoma relapsing or refractory to standard of care treatments
Multiple myeloma, Waldenstroms macroglobulinemia, unresponsive or relapsed following standard of care treatments.
HLA identical (6/6) related donor
For adults: Ability to comprehend the investigational nature of the study and provide informed consent. For minors: written informed consent from one parent or guardian. Informed oral consent from minors: the process will be explained to the minor on a level of complexity appropriate for their age and ability to comprehend.
Estimated probability of surviving less than three months
Major anticipated illness or organ failure incompatible with survival from transplant
Severe psychiatric illness. Mental deficiency sufficiently severe as to make compliance with the transplant treatment unlikely and making informed consent impossible.
Positive pregnancy test for women of childbearing age.
HIV positive
DLCO adjusted for ventilation and hemoglobin less than 65 percent predicted
Left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40 percent
AST/SGOT greater than 10 times ULN (CTCAE grade IV v3.0)
Bilirubin greater than 5 times ULN (CTCAE grade IV v3.0)
Creatinine greater than 4.5 times ULN (CTCAE grade IV v 3.0)
Prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Related donor, HLA identical (6/6) with recipient
Weight greater than or equal to 18 kg
Age greater than or equal to 2 or less than or equal to 80 years old
For adults: Ability to comprehend the investigational nature of the study and provide informed consent. For minors: Written informed consent from one parent or guardian and informed assent: The process will be explained to the minor on a level of complexity appropriate for their age and ability to comprehend.
Pregnant. Lactating donors permitted provide breast milk is discarded during the days that G-CSF is given
Unfit to receive filgrastim (G-CSF) and undergo apheresis (abnormal blood counts, history of stroke, uncontrolled hypertension)
Sickling hemoglobinopathies including HbSS, HbAS, HbSC
HIV positive donors who are positive for hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) or human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I/II) will be used at the discretion of the investigator following counseling and approval from the recipient
Severe psychiatric illness. Mental deficiency sufficiently severe as to make compliance with the BMT treatment unlikely, and making informed consent impossible
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00378534
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Minocher M Battiwalla, M.D.
|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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|Responsible Party:
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) )
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00378534 History of Changes
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|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 19, 2006
|Last Updated:
|January 16, 2013
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Myelodysplasia Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Leukemia, B-Cell
Lymphatic Diseases
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Pathologic Processes
Precancerous Conditions
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 27, 2014