Serial Blood Count Study
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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: Serial Blood Count Study, Athelas Home device.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cyclic Neutropenia, Congenital Neutropenia, Neutropenia. Basic parameters: from 5 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
- United States
- 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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Overview
The objective of the Serial Blood Count Study is to determine the utility of home monitoring of white blood cell (WBC) and absolute neutrophil counts (ANC) to diagnose cyclic neutropenia and distinguish between cyclic and severe congenital neutropenia (SCN). A new home monitoring device called Athelas One was granted an FDA 510K Class 2 clearance for evaluation of white blood count (WBC) and absolute neutrophil count (ANC). The investigators believe this device provides a unique and extremely valuable opportunity to for diagnosis of these diseases.
Detailed description
The objective of the Serial Blood Count Study is to determine the utility of home monitoring of white blood cell (WBC) and absolute neutrophil counts (ANC) to diagnose cyclic neutropenia and distinguish between cyclic and severe congenital neutropenia (SCN). A new home monitoring device called Athelas One was granted an FDA 510K Class 2 clearance for evaluation of white blood count (WBC) and absolute neutrophil count (ANC). The investigators believe this device provides a unique and extremely valuable opportunity to for diagnosis of these diseases.
Cyclic neutropenia (CyN) usually occurs as an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the gene for neutrophil elastase, ELANE. Severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) is also hereditary and caused by mutations in the same gene. Distinguishing between these diseases by genotyping is imprecise because of overlap in the mutational profiles. However, the distinction is critical because SCN has a far greater risk of evolution to myelodysplasia (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The risk is approximately 20-25% for patients with SCN and less than 1% for CyN. Because of this risk, patients with SCN are likely to be referred for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), whereas CyN patients are not. The best way to distinguish between these conditions is with serial ANC determinations. It is not easy for subjects to get 6 weeks of daily blood counts because this requires repeated trips to a clinical laboratory for blood draws, usually from a vein in the arm. From the subject's and family's perspective, the trips are time-consuming and expensive, testing is expensive, and the blood draws often lead to bruising and arm pain from repeated pokes. The goal of the study is to learn if patients will be compliant with use of the fingerstick technique to obtain a blood sample for 6 weeks and see the results of the WBC and ANC results so that clinicians can clearly distinguish between the two conditions.
Interventions
- Device Serial Blood Count Study
A new home monitoring device called Athelas One (or Athelas Home) was granted an FDA 510K Class 2 clearance for evaluation of white blood count (WBC) and absolute neutrophil count (ANC). The device uses a drop of blood on a slide to measure the WBC and ANC. The drop of blood is obtained using a lancet that comes with the device, it is just like how diabetics do with a glucose monitoring device. The process will be done once a day for 42 days (6 weeks) unless the drop is not placed on the slide - Device Athelas Home device
A new home monitoring device called Athelas One (or Athelas Home) was granted an FDA 510K Class 2 clearance for evaluation of white blood count (WBC) and absolute neutrophil count (ANC). The device uses a drop of blood on a slide to measure the WBC and ANC. The drop of blood is obtained using a lancet that comes with the device, it is just like how diabetics do with a glucose monitoring device. The process will be done once a day for 42 days (6 weeks) unless the drop is not placed on the slide
Primary outcome measures
- Test feasibility of device for white blood cell (WBC) count [Time frame: Daily blood counts over a period of 42 days (6 weeks)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Confirmed diagnosis of severe chronic neutropenia
- 5 years of age or older, male or female
- Known positive ELANE mutation
- Computer if available
- Internet access
- Cell phone / Smart phone that can download / install applications (App)
- Adults that are comfortable obtaining the samples without medical conditions that would make collection of the sample difficult.
Exclusion criteria
- Diagnosis of severe chronic neutropenia and negative results for the ELANE mutation
- Less than 5 years of age
- No internet access
- No Cell phone or smart phone that cannot download / install applications (App)
- Adults that are uncomfortable obtaining the samples or have medical conditions that would make collection of the sample difficult.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Diagnostic
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake — Seattle
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07066085 · STUDY00020909