An observational study in Multiple Myeloma, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin and Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 120 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-09.
Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Observational
Background:
Cancer has a major impact in the United States and across the world. In 2015, over 1.5 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the U.S. Researchers want to study samples from people with cancer or a pre-malignant condition. They hope to develop more effective treatments.
Objective:
To better understand the biology of malignancies and why certain cancers respond differently to treatment.
Eligibility:
Adults at least 18 years old with cancer or a pre-cancerous condition.
Design:
Participants will be screened with a medical history, physical exam, and blood tests. Their diagnosis will be confirmed by the NCI Laboratory of Pathology.
Participants will send tissue blocks or slides from their original tumor biopsy.
At least once, participants will have a medical history, physical exam, and blood and urine tests.
Participants may have the following tests. They may have them more than once:
Apheresis. A needle in one arm removes blood. Blood is run through a machine and the sample cells are taken out. The rest of the blood is returned by a needle in the other arm.
Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. The hipbone will be numbed. A needle will be put into the hipbone. Bone marrow will be taken out through the needle.
Piece of cancer tissue taken by a needle and syringe.
Computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or positron emission tomography (PET) scan or ultrasound to help locate their tumor. For the scans, they lie in a machine that takes pictures.
A small piece of skin removed.
Participants will be contacted by phone once a year to find out how they are doing.
Background:
-Immunotherapy is a promising approach to the treatment of cancer. CIO investigators are studying immunotherapy for the treatment of diverse malignant and premalignant conditions. These studies require the collection of biospecimens for research purposes.
Objectives:
Eligibility:
-Patients must be 18 years of age or older with a diagnosis of cancer or a premalignant condition or an immunodeficiency that increases the risk of being diagnosed with a cancer or premalignant condition.
Design:
3,760 studies on the registry are indexed under Multiple Myeloma; 769 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 500 is above the median of 150 across 486 observational studies indexed under Multiple Myeloma.
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Participants will be any person over the age of 18 with a diagnosis of cancer or a premalignant disease. Participants are selected from other NIH protocols (including screening protocols) they may be co-enrolled on and can include both inpatient and outpatient.
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Diagnosis of cancer, a premalignant/neoplastic condition or disease (such as an immunodeficiency) that increases the risk of being diagnosed with a cancer or premalignant/neoplastic condition
5. Ability and willingness of subject to provide
Additional inclusion criteria pertinent only for participants undergoing apheresis
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
ECOG performance status
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hemoglobin (Hb)
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Patients with cancer or a premalignant condition or at risk of cancer from an immunodeficiency
Sample Acquisition
Biospecimen collection for study and understanding of disease.
Time frame: Ongoing
Associations between clinical parameters, biospecimen characteristics and patient demographics
Correlation of these characteristics with disease.
Time frame: Ongoing
Plan to share: Yes — All IPD recorded in the medical record will be shared with intramural investigators upon request. In addition all large scale genomic sequencing data will be shared with subscribers to dbGaP.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form
Time frame: Clinical data available during the study and indefinitely.@@@@@@@@@@@@Genomic data will be shared from the time of upload to dbGaP.
Access criteria: Clinical data will be made available via subscription to BTRIS and with the permission of the study PI.@@@@@@@@@@@@Genomic IPD will be shared through dbGaP, per rules of the database, for purposes of genomic analysis.
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