Preclinical Evaluation of Novel CD33-Targeting Therapeutics for Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Preclinical Evaluation of Novel CD33-Targeting Therapeutics for Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
RATIONALE: Studying cell samples 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 drug biomarkers in cell samples from patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
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OUTLINE: Cell samples are thawed and used for in vitro studies to determine the cytotoxic activity of novel CD33-targeting immunoconjugate agents, including gemtuzumab ozogamicin, for genotyping characterization by flow cytometry-based assays and/or western blot, and colony-forming cell assays.
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