Scientists map protein patterns in lymphoma to unlock disease secrets
NCT ID NCT01563874
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 9 times
Summary
This completed study analyzed leftover tissue samples from 130 people with lymphoma or related conditions. Researchers measured levels of histone and other proteins to find patterns linked to different lymphoma types. The goal was to better understand the biology of these cancers, not to test a new treatment.
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
- If successful, this research could help scientists better understand lymphoma by identifying protein patterns, potentially guiding future treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a basic science study, not a treatment trial. It only looks at stored tissue samples, so results may not directly lead to new therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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130 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Jun 2009
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This study relies entirely on the retrospective analysis of previously acquired material or on the analysis of incidentally acquired materially. The archived samples to be studied were accrued under the following protocols: 93-C-0133, 97-C-0178, 00C-0050, 00-C-0133, 01-C-0038, 01-C-0129, 03-C-0096, 04-C-0055, 05-C-0031, 05-C-170, 05-C-0252 and 94-H-0010.@@@@@@
- 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: We propose to analyze the histone and chromatin modifications from several classes of patients: 1) patients bearing the diagnosis of lymphoid malignancies made or confirmed at the NIH. Solid tumors of the lymphoid system would constitute the major source of these tissues, however tissue samples from patients with malignant diagnoses that involve circulating malignant cells (Mycosis fungoides, Sezary syndrome, etc.) would also be appropriate for analysis; 2) non-malignant lymphoid tissue obtained for diagnostic purposes or normal lymphoid tissue obtained incidentally during surgery (in all cases only residual and surplus tissue will be used, only with the express approval of the appropriate clinical investigator(s). Primarily included among these tissues would be hyperplastic lymphoid tissue especially tonsils. Other hyperplastic and non-malignant lymph node samples showing proliferative responses or sinus histiocytosis would also be appropriate to compare with the malignant samples. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Only cases with sufficient frozen biopsy material from initial biopsy and/or biopsies at relapse of disease to obtain adequate tissues lysates for proteomic-based analyses and in selected cases for ChIPSeq following analysis of RNA expression as performed under superseding protocols. In some cases, for some histone modifications, it may be possible to recover appropriate tissue from paraffin embedded blocks, however no such samples will be used for this study without prior consultation and approval from the clinical investigator and hematopathologist associated with the superseding protocols. Samples from minors \<18 years old will not be used.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Cancer Institute (NCI), 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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