European Myeloma Network (EMN) Sample Project
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: storage of biological samples.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Multiple Myeloma, Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, Plasma Cell Leukemia, Extramedullary Myeloma. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Greece +5
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
EMN Prospective Sample Collection Project
Overview
This is an observational, non-interventional, multicenter study for the prospective collection, storage and analysis of patients' biological samples. This study establishes a common international infrastructure useful to collect standard clinical variables at baseline and during treatment and to uniformly collect and store biological samples
Interventions
- Other storage of biological samples
collect and store biological samples
Primary outcome measures
- Biobank [Time frame: up to 30 years]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Subjects with MGUS, smouldering Multiple Myeloma (SMM) , MM (Multiple Myeloma) (+/- EMD), plasma cell leukemia (PCL) (+/- EMD)
- Subjects are ≥ 18 years old.
- Subjects have provided written informed consent in accordance with federal, local, and institutional guidelines prior to initiation of any project-specific activities or procedures.
- Subjects do not have kind of condition that, in the opinion of the Investigators, may compromise the ability of the subjects to give written informed consent and
- subjects are, in the investigator's opinion, willing and able to comply with the protocol requirements.
Exclusion criteria
- Previous treatment with anti-myeloma therapy (excluding one course of therapy in patients in which urgent therapy is deemed necessary according to physician's discretion, e.g. myeloma-related complications resistant to supportive care).
- Subjects have had prior unforeseen (serious) adverse reactions to blood donation including, but not limited to fainting, angina, severe bruising, allergic reactions, or any other adverse events.
- Any psychological, familial, sociological and geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the protocol and follow-up schedule.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Italy · 20 centers
- A.O. 'SS. Antonio e Biagio' — Alessandria
- AOU Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona — Ancona
- Bari-A.O.U. Consorziale Policlinico - Medicina Interna — Bari
- Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi — Bologna
- A.O.Spedali Civili di Brescia — Brescia
- A.S.U.R. Regione Marche — Civitanova Marche
- A.O.U. Careggi — Florence
- A.O.U. Policlinico S. Martino - Clinica Ematologica — Genova
- … and 12 more centers
Czechia · 7 centers
- Nemocnice Havířov — Havířov
- Nemocnice Nový Jičín — Nový Jičín
- Fakultní nemocnice — Olomouc
- Slezská nemocnice — Opava
- Fakutni nemocnice Ostrava — Ostrava
- Nemocnice Pelhrimov — Pelhřimov
- Všeobecná Fakultní nemocnice v Praz — Prague
Portugal · 4 centers
- CHUC — Coimbra
- Fundação Champalimaud — Lisbon
- Chsj - Hosp. Sao Joao — Porto
- IPOP Porto — Porto
Austria · 2 centers
- KUK Linz — Linz
- Medical University Vienna — Vienna
Greece · 2 centers
- Regional General Hospital Alexandra Dept of Clinical Therapeutics — Athens
- Theagenion Cancer Hospital — Thessaloniki
Switzerland · 2 centers
- CHUV — Lausanne
- HOCH Health Ostschweiz Kantonsspital St.Gallen — Sankt Gallen
Australia · 1 center
- Alfred Hospital — Melbourne
Belgium · 1 center
- Department of Haematology UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg — Leuven
Ireland · 1 center
- Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Hematology Department — Galway
Serbia · 1 center
- Clinic of Hematology, University Clinical Center of Serbia — Belgrade
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06237803 · EMN36