Leukemia
Conditions
Keywords
childhood acute myeloid leukemia/other myeloid malignancies
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures that find residual disease may help predict if the disease will come back in patients diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. PURPOSE: This research trial studies the comparison of laboratory test results for minimal residual disease in samples from patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: * To promote harmonization between Cooperative Group Reference Laboratories conducting minimal-residual disease (MRD) evaluation of acute myeloid leukemia by flow cytometry. OUTLINE: Archived bone marrow and blood samples, distributed to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Southwest Oncology Group, and Cancer and Leukemia Group B laboratories, are analyzed for leukemia-associated immunophenotype (LAIP) assays and minimal residual disease studies by flow cytometry. Results are then provided to the National Cancer Institute for assessment and comparability of test results.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Non-identified cryopreserved samples of bone marrow and/or peripheral blood from patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) from the Children Oncology Group (COG) studies * Baseline/diagnostic AML samples * Samples collected after initial treatment and representing varying levels of residual blast counts PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Degree of concordance in the MRD assay results between laboratories | — |