CORONADO
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Circulating tumour protein quantification from capillary blood for patient self-sampling and safe remote monitoring of multiple myeloma during COVID-19
IRAS ID
285969
Contact name
Martin Kaiser
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The Institute of Cancer Research
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NCT04659252, Clinicaltrials.gov ID
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, days
Research summary
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought severe challenges for myeloma patients. Myeloma patients are considered ultra-high risk for COVID-19 and fall into the strictest group for shielding. When on treatment, but also
during times of active surveillance, patients have to regularly and frequently leave shielding and visit the hospital for blood tests to monitor their disese. This is specifically for quantification of circulating tumour protein biomarker tests for paraprotein (PP) and/or serum free light chains (sFLCs) by specialised biochemistry units.This research aims to evaluate the potential use of an at-home patient administered technique to sample blood. The purpose of the blood sampling technique is to monitor your disease status. We want to test if it is possible to monitor a patient’s disease status using this alternative blood collection method when compared to monitoring disease status using the traditional blood collection methods (venous blood sampling).
The new VAMS method is not intended to be used interchangeably or will not replace the current method. This study is to evaluate an alternative sample type that may be used to improve the patient pathway, especially during these uncertain times.
REC name
North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/NE/0031
Date of REC Opinion
14 Jan 2021
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion