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Human T-Lymphoma Virus Type INCT00339638

Study of Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Among Carriers of HTLV-1

An observational study of Human T-Lymphoma Virus Type I, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 5 sites in 3 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This study will identify chemical and protein markers in the blood of people who carry the human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), a virus associated with various pathologies, including an increased risk in adults of a rare and aggressive cancer called adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Human T-Lymphoma Virus Type I
How many people
228 participants
Where
5 sitesin 3 countries
Study dates
21 Dec 2004to 26 May 2011
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • CASES:
  • Incident ATL cases will be identified from the various study cohorts. For Jamaica Family Study, in which prevalent cases were enrolled, we will only include cases that occurred among initially unaffected family members. The diagnosis of ATL follows universal criteria for all cohorts. For each case, one prediagnostic specimen will be analyzed. If there are more than one prediagnostic specimens, we will select the earliest drawdate from which both serum/plasma and DNA specimens are available. Whenever available, one postdiagnostic specimen will also be considered for analysis of longitudinal changes in marker levels.
  • CONTROLS:
  • Fro each index case, 2 age-, sex-, screen-matched asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers will be selected as controls, from within the same cohort in which the case arose (risk set sampling). For Jamaica Family Study, the control subjects are selected from unrelated subjects (such as spouses or incidental recruit unrelated to the index case) or from one or two population-based studies of unrelated subjects (i.e., food handlers study or mother-infant cohort study). For controls, specimens collected close to the time of pre- and post-diagnostic phlebotomy for the case will be analyzed.

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

5 sites in 3 countries.

5 sites in 3 countries

United States2 sites
  • Harvard School of Public Health

    Boston, Massachusetts

  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94143

Other trials in United States

Japan2 sites
  • Tokushima University

    Tokushima

  • National Cancer Center Research Institute

    Toyko

Other trials in Japan

Jamaica1 site
  • University of the West Indies

    Kingston

Other trials in Jamaica

About this study

Official title: Prediagnostic Markers of Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Among Carriers of Human T-Lymphoma Virus Type I: A Collaborative Study

This study will identify chemical and protein markers in the blood of people who carry the human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), a virus associated with various pathologies, including an increased risk in adults of a rare and aggressive cancer called adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). The study will also examine differences in these markers before and after the onset of ATL.

ATL has been reported in every area where HTLV-1 is common, including the Caribbean and parts of Japan, West Africa, the Middle East, South America, and Pacific Melanesia. Risk factors for the disease are largely unknown and seem to vary among those affected in different endemic regions. People who acquire the infection early in life are thought to be at higher risk than those who are infected later. In Japan, men seem to be at greater risk than women, but the same is not evident among the black population in the Caribbean and Brazil.

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Findings from this study will increase understanding of the cause of ATL and identify differences in tumor characteristics and the course of disease across geographical areas.

Study subjects are drawn from among participants in eight studies of HTLV-1 carriers, including the 1) Jamaica Mother-Infant Cohort Study, 2) Jamaica Family Study, 3) Jamaica Food Handlers Study, 4) Miyazaki Cohort Study in Japan, 5) Nagasaki Cohort Study in Japan, 6) Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study on Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease, 7) HTLV Outcome Studies in the United States, and 8) GIPH Cohort Study in Brazil.

Stored blood samples previously collected from patients in the above studies who did and did not develop ATL will be analyzed for immunologic and genetic factors.

Read the detailed description

To characterize molecular markers for risk of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL), whose incidence rate differs greatly across geographic areas, we propose to examine the prevalence and level of viral and host immune response markers as well as the protein expression pattern of 57 subjects who subsequently developed ATL and 171 matched control subjects who participated in various prospective studies of carriers of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I). Informative markers to be studied include provirus load, HTLV-I antibody titer, anti-Tax protein, clonality of HTLV-I infected lymphocytes (viral markers), total immunoglobulin E (IgE), C-reactive protein (CRP), neopterin, soluble CD30, soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL2-R), EBV antibody profile (host immune markers), and proteomics. These markers were selected based on the measurability on the majority of specimens, availability of validated assays, relevance to the biology of T-cell malignancies, and has been used in a cross-sectional comparison of HTLV-I carriers and non-carriers from Japan and the Caribbean. We will utilize central laboratory and validated, standard assays for all specimens. The results, unlinked to personal identifiers, will be analyzed using generalized estimating equation. The findings will further our understanding of the etiology of ATL, and of differences in natural history of HTLV-I infection across geographic areas.

While pursuing the same theme of trying to identify host and viral markers associated with ATL, the unique aspect of this proposal is to pool ATL cases, an extremely rare malignancy, from multiple epidemiologic studies through international collaboration, in order to achieve adequate statistical power and to perform valid comparison of tumor characteristics across geographic areas.

Keywords
Epidemiology, Risk Prediction, Biomarkers, Nested Case Control

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Jun 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study start21 Dec 2004
  3. Study completion26 May 2011

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Enrolment
228 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00339638
Sponsor's protocol ID
999905068
Other IDs
05-C-N068
Status last verified
26 May 2011
First submitted
19 Jun 2006
Last updated
2 Jul 2017
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Manns A, Hisada M, La Grenade L. Human T-lymphotropic virus type I infection. Lancet. 1999 Jun 5;353(9168):1951-8. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)09460-4.

    PubMed 10371587
  • Uchiyama T, Yodoi J, Sagawa K, Takatsuki K, Uchino H. Adult T-cell leukemia: clinical and hematologic features of 16 cases. Blood. 1977 Sep;50(3):481-92. No abstract available.

    PubMed 301762
  • Yamaguchi K, Seiki M, Yoshida M, Nishimura H, Kawano F, Takatsuki K. The detection of human T cell leukemia virus proviral DNA and its application for classification and diagnosis of T cell malignancy. Blood. 1984 May;63(5):1235-40.

    PubMed 6324929

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Human T-Lymphoma Virus Type I, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 5 sites in 3 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jul 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 5 sites in United States, Japan, Jamaica. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00339638, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Jul 2017.

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