Massive study aims to unlock secrets of early blood cancers
NCT ID NCT02269592
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at genetic changes in people with early-stage blood cancers or conditions that may lead to cancer. Researchers will analyze blood, bone marrow, or cheek cell samples from up to 10,000 participants to find DNA errors linked to cancer risk and progression. The goal is to better understand why these cancers develop and how to improve treatment and prevention.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 10,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2014
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with Known or Suspected Precursor Hematological Cancer
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with Known or Suspected Precursor Hematological Cancer * Including the following subgroups of diseases: * Early MDS, including pathologically-confirmed MDS (IPSS Low/Int-1; IPSS-R Very Low/Low) and idiopathic cytopenias of undetermined significance (ICUS); * Asymptomatic Multiple Myeloma and Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia such as monoclonal gammopathy of undermined significance (MGUS) or Smoldering Multiple Myeloma (SMM or SWM); * Monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis (MBL); * Early stage asymptomatic low-grade lymphomas; or * Other precursor conditions or clonal genetic abnormalities of the blood/bone marrow that do not meet criteria for symptomatic hematological malignancy, or patients exposed to prior chemotherapies (e. g., alkylating agents, platinum derivatives, taxanes, topo-2 inhibitors, anti-metabolites, systemic radioisotopes). * Patients must be at least 18 years of age to participate in this research. * Inclusion of Women and Minorities -- In accordance with NIH guidelines, women and members of minority groups and their subpopulations will be included in this protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with Known or Suspected Precursor Hematological Cancer are NOT EXCLUDED * Evidence of symptomatic or active hematological malignancy. Patients enrolled on clinical trials for precursor diseases are NOT excluded from this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute at Merrimack Valley
RECRUITINGMethuen, Massachusetts, 01844, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute at Milford Regional Medical Center
RECRUITINGMilford, Massachusetts, 01757, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute at South Shore
RECRUITINGWeymouth, Massachusetts, 02190, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's
RECRUITINGBrighton, Massachusetts, 02135, United States
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Dana Farber/New Hampshire Oncology-Hematology
RECRUITINGLondonderry, New Hampshire, 03053, United States
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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West Michigan Cancer Center
RECRUITINGKalamazoo, Michigan, 49007, United States
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