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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| NCI-2014-02231 | Registry Identifier | CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) | |
| 10-001588-CR-00004 | Other Identifier | Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
| Steinberg122308 | |||
| 09-01-010 | Other Identifier | Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center |
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Slow accrual
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This research trial studies the effect of radiation therapy on tumor immunity. Standard radiation therapy destroys tumor cells. In response to tumor cell death caused by radiation therapy, the body has an ability to stimulate an anti-tumor response (immunity), but this response is often ineffective in shrinking tumor tissue. Collecting samples of blood from patients before, during, and after radiation therapy to study in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about the effects of radiation therapy on anti-tumor response.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the effect of radiation therapy on tumor immunity.
OUTLINE:
Samples of blood are collected before, during, and within two weeks after radiation therapy and then stored for analysis of anti-tumor immunity.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Ancillary-Correlative (blood banking) | Samples of blood are collected before, during, and within two weeks after radiation therapy and then stored for analysis of anti-tumor immunity. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| cytology specimen collection procedure | Other | Undergo blood sample collection |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Outcome measures include changes in tumor-specific immune responses and general immune signature in patients undergoing Radiation Treatment. Reportable endpoints are absolute values of and changes in innate & adaptive immune cells and serum markers. | The time line of interest covers a baseline, pre-treatment sample as well as mid-treatment and a post-treatment, follow-up sample at 3 months. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Adult cancer patients undergoing physician directed radiation treatment.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Michael Steinberg | Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center | Los Angeles | California | 90095 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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The tentative assumption is that cell death following radiation therapy will stimulate anti-tumor immunity, which could provide a more permanent solution to curing cancer and discouraging tumors from spreading throughout the body. In order to find out if this assumption is correct, highly developed, laboratory analyses for tumor-specific immunity will be performed using the white blood cells, while the blood components that are soluble, will be frozen and stored, to be examined at a later time for evidence of molecules of anti-tumor immunity that have been induced by radiation therapy.
| laboratory biomarker analysis | Other | Correlative studies |
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