Evaluation, Treatment, and Training for Patients With Blood Disorders

Launched by NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (NHLBI) · Nov 3, 1999

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ClinConnect Summary

This protocol is designed to allow the evaluation, follow up, and standard medical care of patients (and when appropriate, their stem cell donor) with bone marrow failure states, cytopenias, metastatic solid tumors, or hematologic malignancies not currently entered on an active NHLBI protocol or not being screened for an active NHLBI research protocol. Its purpose is to allow investigation into the hematologic problems of these patients for the primary purpose of teaching and furthering general hematologic knowledge. The ability to evaluate and treat patients with a wide variety of hematolo...

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Eligibility criteria

• * INCLUSION CRITERIA:
• Patients (and when appropriate the patient's stem cell donor) may be entered on this protocol at the discretion of the Principal and/or Associate Investigators if :
• • An investigator decides that it is in the best interest of the patient/donor and the Branch for the patient to be enrolled in this protocol while awaiting a decision on eligibility for other protocols; or after enrollment on another protocol, or to allow careful evaluation of patients with unique or rare disorders of direct interest to the Branch; or with more common disorders for fellowship teaching purposes.
• • The patient or the patient's guardian is capable of informed consent and signs the consent form. The consent form will be signed by parents or guardians of patients under the age of 18.
• • Age greater than or equal to 2 and weight greater than 12 kg.