Protocol to Obtain Blood and Bone Marrow Samples for Myeloma Research

Dartmouth Health

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Multiple Myeloma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01382615

D1029

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to collect a blood or bone marrow sample from patients with multiple myeloma and from volunteers without myeloma.

Full description

The blood and bone marrow samples will be used in the laboratory to perform focused studies on multiple myeloma.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participant population is multiple myeloma patients over the age of 18 who are undergoing a scheduled bone marrow collection and/or blood drawing procedure as part of their routine treatment or follow up, and healthy volunteers over the age of 18 who have agreed to have a bone marrow and/or blood harvest as part of a donation to a transplant recipient.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients, who in the opinion of their physician, would be adversely affected by removal of an extra15ml of blood and /or an extra 10ml of bone marrow.

Trial design

29 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy Volunteers

Description:

Healthy volunteers who have agreed to have a bone marrow and/or blood harvest as part of a donation to a transplant recipient.

Patients with multiple myeloma

Description:

Patients undergoing routine blood draw and bone marrow aspirates as part of their ongoing follow-up care for myeloma at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center of DHMC.