MC230818 Understanding the Mechanisms of Clonal and Non-Clonal Cytopenia Following CAR-T Therapy
This clinical trial evaluates the impact of preexisting and therapy-emergent germline and somatic variants on cytopenia in patients with multiple myeloma or CD19 positive lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy. The most common adverse event after CAR-T therapy is lower than normal blood cells (cytopenia) and up to one third of patients experience cytopenia that last longer than 30 days post-infusion. Germline and somatic variants are changes in genes found using cancer genomic tests. Cancer genetic/genomic testing is a series of tests that find specific changes in cancer cells or in blood deoxyribonucleic acid. Identifying gene mutations may help identify the risk of cytopenia in patients with multiple myeloma or CD19 positive LPD following CAR-T therapy.
• Age ≥ 18 years
• Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) as defined in International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria or a CD19+ lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) as defined by 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification
• Provide written informed consent
• Willingness to provide mandatory bone marrow aspirate specimens for correlative research. All bone marrow aspirate samples are collected during a clinical procedure
• Willingness to provide mandatory hair follicle specimens for correlative research
• Willing to return to enrolling institution for follow-up (during the active monitoring phase of the study)
• Willingness to provide saliva and buccal samples for research