Specimen Collections From Participants With HIV Infection, KSHV Infection, Viral-Related Pre-malignant Lesions and Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00006518

Last Updated: 2025-12-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

1029 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-12-06

Brief Summary

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BACKGROUND:

* A number of important scientific advances can be made through the study of blood, bone marrow, tumor, or other tissue samples from patients with HIV infection, infection with Kaposi s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV), infection with other oncogenic viruses, or cancer.
* This protocol provides a mechanism to affect a variety of such studies.

OBJECTIVES:

-Acquisition of serum, circulating cells, bone marrow, and tumor or normal tissue samples from participants with HIV infection, KSHV infection, or with cancer.

ELIGIBILITY:

-Eligibility criteria include age 18 years or older and at least one of the following: Exposure risk to HIV, KSHV, or HPV; HIV seropositive; KSHV seropositive; EBV seropositive; HTLV-1 seropositive; malignancy, Castleman s disease, or skin lesions with appearance of Kaposi s sarcoma; or cervical or anal intraepithelial lesion.

DESIGN:

* Up to 999 subjects will be enrolled in this study.
* Blood samples may be collected at the initial visit, and at follow-up visits.
* Other fluids/excretions may be collected (such as urine, saliva, semen, and stool).
* Tumor samples may be obtained by fine needle aspirate, by removal of pleural or peritoneal fluid, by skin punch biopsy, or by excisional biopsy, providing the tumor is accessible with minimal risk to the participants.
* Specific risks will be described in a separate consent to be obtained at the time of the biopsy.
* Samples will be studied in the HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, CCR, NCI; laboratories in NCI-Frederick; or those of collaborating investigators.

Detailed Description

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BACKGROUND:

* A number of important scientific advances can be made through the study of blood, bone marrow, tumor, or other tissue samples from patients with HIV infection, infection with Kaposi s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV), infection with other oncogenic viruses, or cancer.
* This protocol provides a mechanism to affect a variety of such studies.

OBJECTIVES:

-Acquisition of serum, circulating cells, bone marrow, and tumor or normal tissue samples from participants with HIV infection, KSHV infection, or with cancer.

ELIGIBILITY:

-Eligibility criteria include age 18 years or older and at least one of the following: Exposure risk to HIV, KSHV, or HPV; HIV seropositive; KSHV seropositive; EBV seropositive; HTLV-1 seropositive; malignancy, Castleman s disease, or skin lesions with appearance of Kaposi s sarcoma (KS); or cervical or anal intraepithelial lesion.

DESIGN:

* Up to 999 participants will be provide samples in this study.
* Blood samples may be collected at the initial visit, and at follow-up visits.
* Other fluids/excretions may be collected (such as urine, saliva, semen, and stool).
* Tumor samples may be obtained by fine needle aspirate, by removal of pleural or peritoneal fluid, by skin punch biopsy, or by excisional biopsy, providing the tumor is accessible with minimal risk to the participants.
* Specific risks will be described in a separate consent to be obtained at the time of the biopsy.
* Samples will be studied in the HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, CCR, NCI; laboratories in NCI-Frederick; or those of collaborating investigators.

Conditions

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HIV Kaposi's Sarcoma Lymphomas Multicentric Castleman's Disease Primary Effusion Lymphoma

Keywords

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Tumor Viruses HIV KSHV AIDS Natural History

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

Participants with HIV infection, KSHV infection, or with cancer

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18 years or older.
* ECOG performance status less than or equal to 3

At least one of the following:

* Exposure risk to HIV, KSHV, or HPV
* HIV seropositive
* KSHV seropositive
* EBV seropositive
* HTLV-1 seropositive

NOTE: infection with HIV, KSHV, EBV, and HTLV-1 are life-long, so if participants have previously been seropositive or have had a disease associated with KSHV (KS, primary effusion lymphoma \[PEL\], or KSHV-multicentric Castleman s disease \[MCD\]), this is sufficient to meet this criterion for eligibility.

* Malignancy, MCD, or skin lesions with appearance of KS
* Cervical or anal intraepithelial lesion
* Ability of participant to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria

None
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert Yarchoan, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Locations

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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Anaida Widell

Role: CONTACT

Phone: (240) 760-6074

Email: [email protected]

Robert Yarchoan, M.D.

Role: CONTACT

Phone: (240) 760-6075

Email: [email protected]

References

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Davis DA, Dorsey K, Wingfield PT, Stahl SJ, Kaufman J, Fales HM, Levine RL. Regulation of HIV-1 protease activity through cysteine modification. Biochemistry. 1996 Feb 20;35(7):2482-8. doi: 10.1021/bi951525k.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8652592 (View on PubMed)

Davis DA, Newcomb FM, Moskovitz J, Wingfield PT, Stahl SJ, Kaufman J, Fales HM, Levine RL, Yarchoan R. HIV-2 protease is inactivated after oxidation at the dimer interface and activity can be partly restored with methionine sulphoxide reductase. Biochem J. 2000 Mar 1;346 Pt 2(Pt 2):305-11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10677347 (View on PubMed)

Pinto LA, Berzofsky JA, Fowke KR, Little RF, Merced-Galindez F, Humphrey R, Ahlers J, Dunlop N, Cohen RB, Steinberg SM, Nara P, Shearer GM, Yarchoan R. HIV-specific immunity following immunization with HIV synthetic envelope peptides in asymptomatic HIV-infected patients. AIDS. 1999 Oct 22;13(15):2003-12. doi: 10.1097/00002030-199910220-00002.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10546852 (View on PubMed)

Lage SL, Ramaswami R, Rocco JM, Rupert A, Davis DA, Lurain K, Manion M, Whitby D, Yarchoan R, Sereti I. Inflammasome activation in patients with Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus-associated diseases. Blood. 2024 Oct 3;144(14):1496-1507. doi: 10.1182/blood.2024024144.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38941593 (View on PubMed)

Ramaswami R, Tagawa T, Mahesh G, Serquina A, Koparde V, Lurain K, Dremel S, Li X, Mungale A, Beran A, Ohler ZW, Bassel L, Warner A, Mangusan R, Widell A, Ekwede I, Krug LT, Uldrick TS, Yarchoan R, Ziegelbauer JM. Transcriptional landscape of Kaposi sarcoma tumors identifies unique immunologic signatures and key determinants of angiogenesis. J Transl Med. 2023 Sep 22;21(1):653. doi: 10.1186/s12967-023-04517-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37740179 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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01-C-0038

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Identifier Source: secondary_id

010038

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Identifier Source: org_study_id

NCT00898651

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Identifier Source: nct_alias