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Allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) is a common treatment for variety of blood cancers. To determine how much of your cells are from your donor after transplant, doctors complete a "chimerism analysis" or a test of your cells to look at the DNA. Chimerism testing helps doctors predict graft rejection or recurrence of disease. Doctors at NCCC do chimerism testing routinely and it is usually done between 30 and 100 days after transplantation. The researchers believe that analyzing chimerism sooner than 30 days after transplant may help identify problems earlier, get patients treatment sooner, and increase the chances of a successful transplant. The purpose of this study is to find out if doing chimerism testing earlier than the traditional approach is better for patient outcomes (about 14 days after transplantation rather than 30+ days). We hope the information gained from this study can be used to help prevent some post-transplant complications such as graft loss, graft-versus-host disease, or even relapse for future patients. Also, the researchers hope to learn more about chimerism testing of cells of patients with haploidentical donors (donors who are only a "half-match" - such as a parent or child of the recipient), because there have not been many chimerism analysis studies done in this population


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NCT number NCT03689907
Study type Observational
Source Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Contact Research Nurse
Phone (800) 639-6918
Email cancer.research.nurse@dartmouth.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase
Start date December 19, 2019
Completion date January 2025