Collection of Immunology Specimens From Patients With Cancer or Blood Disorders, and Healt
This research trial collects and stores blood, tissue, and bone marrow specimens from patients with cancer or blood disorders, and healthy volunteers to study the immune system in a variety of different types of experiments, as well as associated clinical data as appropriate, focused on understanding mechanisms of immu
| Condition(s) | Healthy Subject, Hematologic and Lymphocytic Disorder, Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Immune System Disorder, Malignant Neoplasm |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Study type | Observational |
| Summary | This research trial collects and stores blood, tissue, and bone marrow specimens from patients with cancer or blood disorders, and healthy volunteers to study the immune system in a variety of different types of experiments, as well as associated clinical data as appropriate, focused on understanding mechanisms of immunotherapy. |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * All patients known to have cancer, an immune-mediated hematologic diagnosis, or a healthy normal volunteer * Definition of immune-mediated hematologic diagnosis: diagnoses for which immune dysfunction and/or immune system directed therapy (eg. aplastic anemia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immune thrombocytopenic purpura \[ITP\], etc.) are involved * Definition of healthy normal volunteer: persons lacking diagnoses of any type of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, non-hematologic autoimmune disease (eg. systemic lupus erythematosus \[SLE\], rheumatoid arthritis \[RA\], Crohn's disease) and not taking any immunosuppressive medications * Patients must have been seen in the Norris Hospital and outpatient clinics, or the Los Angeles County (LAC)-University of South |
| Ages | 19 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | University of Southern California |
| Locations | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Start date | 2017-04-12 |
| NCT ID | NCT03207854 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03207854 |