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Observational (sample collection, survey, imaging, spirometry) for Blood Cancers (CATCH Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Stephanie Lee
Research Sponsored by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to 3 years
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial observes and collects samples from patients before and after stem cell transplantation to learn more about how and why a complication called chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) develops after stem cell transplantation. Performing close observation and various types of testing may enable doctors to notice symptoms or problems sooner than they would normally have been noticed and predict which patients will develop chronic GVHD.

Eligible Conditions
  • Blood Cancers

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to 3 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 3 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Levels of cytokines
Number of patients with tissue alterations in skin, mouth and eyes
Onset of cGVHD
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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Observational (sample collection, survey, imaging, spirometry)Experimental Treatment7 Interventions
Patients undergo collection of tears, saliva, buccal mucosa, and fecal samples before stem cell transplant, at 2-3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months after stem cell transplant, and at cGVHD onset. Patients also undergo collection of blood samples before stem cell transplant, at 1-2, 2-3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months after stem cell transplant, and at cGVHD onset. Patients may undergo skin and mouth biopsy over 15-30 minutes before stem cell transplant, at 2-3 and 12 months after stem cell transplant, and at cGVHD onset. Patients undergo digital pictures of the eyes, mouth and skin, and optical coherence tomography before stem cell transplant, at 2-3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months after stem cell transplant, and at cGVHD onset. Patients without standard of care formal pulmonary function test undergo portable spirometry at 2-3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months after stem cell transplant, and at cGVHD onset. Patients also complete surveys and have their medical records reviewed.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Optical Coherence Tomography
2016
Completed Phase 2
~2610
Biospecimen Collection
2004
Completed Phase 3
~2020
Spirometry
2017
Completed Phase 2
~12540

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterLead Sponsor
443 Previous Clinical Trials
147,721 Total Patients Enrolled
National Cancer Institute (NCI)NIH
13,917 Previous Clinical Trials
41,013,144 Total Patients Enrolled
2 Trials studying Blood Cancers
112 Patients Enrolled for Blood Cancers
National Institutes of Health (NIH)NIH
2,811 Previous Clinical Trials
8,160,985 Total Patients Enrolled
2 Trials studying Blood Cancers
207 Patients Enrolled for Blood Cancers
~41 spots leftby Oct 2025