The goal of the Clonal Hematopoiesis Chemotherapy and Radiation Effects (CH CARE) Study is to understand how the presence or absence of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) influences outcomes in people receiving chemotherapy and radiation for solid cancers.

The study will collect biospecimens and clinical information. These data will be used to define clinical and molecular features that predict the presence of high-risk clonal hematopoiesis (CH) in patients exposed to cytotoxic anti-cancer therapy. Predictive features will be utilized to identify populations of cancer patients and survivors who are at the highest risk of developing therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MNs).

Ultimately this study will result in the development of a novel novel risk prediction algorithm for t-MNs in patients with solid cancers and drive potential therapeutic approaches to intercept progression from CH to often fatal t-MNs.

The objective of this protocol is to obtain clinical information and facilitate the collection and distribution of specimens obtained during the course of clinical care or research participation.

Blood, buccal swabs, or other body fluids may be specifically acquired for research in order to perform molecular and other types of analyses for research purposes. These materials will be collected from all eligible participants. It is expected that about 5,000 people will take part in this research study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants to be included in this study include the following:
• Adults age >18 years
• Diagnosed with solid malignancy (breast, ovarian, lung, gastric, colorectal, esophageal, uterine, head and neck, or sarcoma cancers)
• Have a pending plan to receive chemotherapy or radiation for their solid malignancy (cancer).
• Has not received cytotoxic chemotherapy or radiation for their solid cancer diagnosis in the past.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals without plans for cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiation or PARP inhibitor exposure
• Individuals who have received prior chemotherapy and or radiation for their current solid malignancy (cancer)
• Individuals with any prior history of blood cancer (leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, including smoldering multiple myeloma). Persons with blood cancer precursors including clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP), clonal cytopenia of uncertain significance (CCUS), monoclonal B lymphocytosis (MBL), monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance (MGUS) are eligible for study participation.

Participants to be included in this study include patients who have a diagnosis of solid cancer for which they are planning to receive cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiation, or PARP inhibitor therapy.

The Harvard Cancer Consortium encourages and supports the responsible and ethical sharing of data from clinical trials. De-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript may only be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement. Requests may be directed to Sponsor Investigator or designee. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.

Data can be shared no earlier than 1 year following the date of publication

Contact the Belfer Office for Dana-Farber Innovations (BODFI) at innovation@dfci.harvard.edu