Race against time: study tests best way to find Life-Saving transplant donors

NCT ID NCT03904134

Summary

This study aimed to find the best strategy for finding bone marrow transplant donors for patients with blood cancers and disorders. It compared whether patients should first search for a perfectly matched unrelated donor or go directly to alternative donors like family members or cord blood. The goal was to see which approach leads to better survival within two years for the 1,753 patients enrolled.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Children's Medical Center Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States

  • Children's Mercy Hospital

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Children's National Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • City of Hope

    Duarte, California, 91010, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Cook Children's Medical Center

    Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • Indiana University

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

  • Levine Cancer Institute

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States

  • Loyola University

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Memorial Healthcare System

    Pembroke Pines, Florida, 33028, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10029, United States

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Northside Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Rosewell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • St. Louis Children's Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Stanford Hospitals and Clinics

    Stanford, California, 94305, United States

  • The Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • University of California, San Diego Medical Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

  • University of Maryland

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

  • University of Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55414, United States

  • University of Mississippi

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center - Adults

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68105, United States

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center - Pediatrics

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68105, United States

  • University of North Carolina

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

  • University of Oklahoma

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States

  • University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States

  • University of Wisconsin

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

  • Wake Forest Baptist Health

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

  • Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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