Can tracking thousands of patients unlock the secrets of rare EBV-driven blood cancers?
NCT ID NCT07727083
First seen Jul 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study follows 1,500 people with Epstein-Barr virus-positive T/NK-cell lymphoproliferative diseases — rare conditions where the virus drives abnormal immune cell growth. Researchers will collect medical history, treatment details, and blood samples to see how the diseases behave over time. No experimental treatment is given; the goal is to learn more about these illnesses and identify factors linked to better or worse outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- This research could uncover patterns and biomarkers that help doctors better predict how these rare diseases will progress and which treatments work best.
- What could go wrong
- As an observational study, it does not test any new treatment, so it cannot directly improve care. Results may take years to emerge.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2035
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
Adults aged 18 years or older with a newly diagnosed Epstein-Barr virus-positive T/NK-cell lymphoproliferative disease meeting World Health Organization diagnostic criteria. The retrospective cohort includes consecutive hospitalized patients with extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma diagnosed from 2017 through 2025. The prospective cohort includes consecutive newly diagnosed patients with extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma or one of the prespecified rare Epstein-Barr virus-positive T/NK-cell disease entities from 2026 through 2030.
- 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: * Age 18 years or older. * Newly diagnosed Epstein-Barr virus-positive T/NK-cell lymphoproliferative disease meeting World Health Organization diagnostic criteria. * For the retrospective cohort: diagnosis of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2025 at a participating center. * For the prospective cohort: diagnosis between June 1, 2026 and December 31, 2030 of one of the following: * Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma; * Aggressive NK-cell leukemia; * Systemic chronic active Epstein-Barr virus disease of T/NK-cell type; or Epstein-Barr virus-positive nodal T/NK-cell lymphoma. * Availability of essential diagnostic, staging, and treatment information. * For the prospective cohort: written informed consent and successful collection of the protocol-required baseline peripheral blood specimen. Exclusion Criteria: * For the retrospective cohort: no usable survival follow-up information, inability to confirm survival status, or inability to calculate the principal survival outcomes. * For the prospective cohort: unwillingness or inability to participate in protocol-defined longitudinal clinical follow-up.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China
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