Trial Information

Summary: COG ALTE03N1: Key Adverse Events After Childhood Cancer

The NMDP provides unrelated hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) donors for persons in need of HSC transplantation, but lack suitable family donors.  By studying the cells and plasma of donors and recipients, researchers may learn more about improving the tissue matching between unrelated donors and their recipients. Increasing knowledge about tissue matching could result in the improved long-term survival of bone marrow and stem cell transplant recipients.  The purpose of storing a blood sample from donors and their recipients in the NMDP Research Sample Repository is to provide cells for researchers to study.  Although the exact study for which the sample may be used is not known at this time, the following are types of studies in which the sample may be included. Studies to:

·         Improve the understanding of tissue matching for unrelated donors and recipients;

·         Determine and evaluate the factors that affect transplant outcome;

·         Study the distribution of HLA tissue types in different populations; e.g., to study tissue typing differences between different racial and ethnic populations to help develop methods to improve tissue matching between donors and recipients.

Patient Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria:

- See http://clinicaltrials.coh.org for additional information.

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Trial listings updated: July 7, 2008 at 3:15:18 PM