Comprehensive Frailty Assessment

Comprehensive Frailty Assessment

The purpose of this research study is to describe a patients' fitness before and after treatment (whether that treatment be chemotherapy or a transplant). Fitness is a way of measuring a patient's current quality of health. With surveys, questionnaires and blood tests, we hope to create a tool that will give a good picture of patients' ability to tolerate treatment. In the future, we hope to devise the best treatment for a patient based on their "fitness".

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with a plasma cell dyscrasia AND/OR any patient receiving a stem cell transplant for a hematologic malignancy at The Ohio State University
• at least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any medical or psychiatric condition that would make it difficult for the patient to comply with study procedures.