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Brief Title: A Biospecimen Collection Study of Leukapheresis-Derived Circulating Tumor Cells, Immune Cells, and Progenitor Cells.
Official Title: A Biospecimen Collection Study to Facilitate Development of an Ex-Vivo Device Platform for Culture, Immune Assay, and Biobanking of Leukapheresis-Derived Circulating Tumor Cells, Immune Cells, and Progenitor Cells.
Study ID: NCT00571389
Brief Summary: Primary Objective: This is a study to investigate the feasibility of harvesting, expanding, and selecting T lymphocytes from cancer patients and healthy volunteers. The preliminary objective of this study is aimed at selecting PD-1+ and CTLA4+ T cells and other cellular fractions from peripheral blood of cancer patients and healthy volunteers by using specific conjugated antibodies, evaluating their functional ex vivo anti-tumor cytotoxicity against targeted autologous tumor cells.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 5 Years
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: Yes
Carolina BioOncology Institute, Huntersville, North Carolina, United States
Name: John Powderly, MD
Affiliation: Carolina BioOncology Institute
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR