Observational Study Evaluating the Potential Impact of Procalcitonin Testing on Care of Stemcell Transplant Recipients

University of Arkansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Myeloma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02035189

202342

Details and patient eligibility

About

An observational study in evaluating the clinical impact of procalcitonin on the care of Stem cell transplant recipient and its performance as an adjunct in the diagnosis and prognostication of Infectious processes

Full description

The overall goal of this project will be to provide new insights into the use of biomarkers in surveillance for infectious processes in Stem Cell Transplant recipients by evaluating the added impact of procalcitonin testing on detection of infectious processes

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients age 18-95 years with Multiple Myeloma (MM) undergoing stem cell transplantation

Exclusion criteria

• None