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RecruitingNCT06761274MEPI-AGEUpdated Jan 7, 2025

Study of Epigenetic and Inflammatory Markers of Accelerated Biological Ageing in the Follow up of Patients With Hodgkin's Lymphoma

An interventional study of peripheral blood sampling in Hodgkin Lymphoma in Remission, sponsored by IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna. Recruiting at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-01-07.

Sponsored by IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Sep 2025, 1 year ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Registered 2 years after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2022, registered Dec 2024).
  • Started Nov 2022; still recruiting 3 years 11 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Study design: It is a monocentric and exploratory study, experimental on human tissues in vitro which involves the analysis of peripheral blood in patients with Hodgkin's lymphomas with the following characteristics:

  • in complete remission for at least two years after first-line therapy with stage IIb, III or IV at onset (Ann Arbor classification).
  • newly diagnosed (stage IIb, III or IV, Ann Arbor Classification).
Read the detailed description

The study aims to evaluate patients with hodgkin lymphoma in complete remission for at least 2 years and newly diagnosed (stage II b, stage III or stage IV) as they are currently characterised by a long life expectancy during which there is an increased and early incidence of non-neoplastic systemic complications as well as, of course, manifestations of secondary malignancies.

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Conditions studied

  • Hodgkin Lymphoma in Remission

Keywords

  • epigenetic markers
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In context

Lymphoma

5,578 studies on the registry are indexed under Lymphoma; 825 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 200 is above the median of 40 across 4,508 interventional studies indexed under Lymphoma.

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Lead sponsor

IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna is the lead sponsor of 493 studies on the registry; 273 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • hodgkin lymphoma stage II b, III or IV at onset in remission for at least two years after the first line of therapy for lymphoma
  • Newly diagnosed histologically confirmed stage II b, III or IV patients who require first-line therapy
  • Patients of both sexes aged ≥ 18 years at enrollment
  • Signature of informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Concomitant second neoplasm
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    hodgkin lymphoma patients in complete remission for at least two years and newly diagnosed

    in vitro human tissue testing of peripheral blood in hodgkin lymphoma patients in complete remission for at least two years after first-line therapy with stage II b, III or IV

    Other: peripheral blood sampling

Interventions

  • Otherperipheral blood sampling

    It is a monocentric and exploratory study, experimental on human tissues in vitro and similar projects do not exist in the literature. This study involves the analysis of peripheral blood in patients with hodgkin lymphoma with the following characteristics: * in complete remission for at least two years after first-line therapy with stage II b, III or IV at onset (Ann Arbor classification). * newly diagnosed (stage II b, III or IV, Ann Arbor Classification).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. evaluation of senescence markers (CD57, KLRG1,CD62L, CD45RA)

    Determine the biological age of patients

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 year

  2. DNA methylation (methylation rate)

    Determine the biological age of patients

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. evaluation of senescence markers (CD57, KLRG1,CD62L, CD45RA)

    Determine the possible acceleration of the biological age of patients

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 year

  2. DNA methylation (methylation rate)

    Determine the possible acceleration of the biological age of patients

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 year

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna
    Bologna, 40138, Italy
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 7, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06761274
Lead sponsor
IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 7, 2025
Start date
Nov 3, 2022
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 30, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 7, 2025

Study contacts

Pier Luigi Zinzani, MD
Contact
pierluigi.zinzani@unibo.it
+390512144042
Cinzia Pellegrini, MD
Contact
cinzia.pellegrini@aosp.bo.it
+390512103680
Pier Luigi Zinzani, MD
principal investigator · IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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