Immunobiology Blood and Tissue Collection of Upper Aerodigestive Malignancies

Sponsor

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05995821

Collaborator

Stand Up To Cancer (Other)

1,250

Enrollment

Location

120

Anticipated Duration (Months)

10.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This research is being done to collect and store biological specimens (biospecimens) from people with cancer, regardless of tumor type, who are receiving treatments known or thought to have an effect on the immune system.

The goal of this discovery and exploratory study is to:

Understand changes in the immune system associated with various cancer treatments, in order to better design new therapies or tests to predict how these treatments might work.
Identify risk factors for those who go on to develop side effects from immunotherapy.

Participants may be asked to:

Donate samples of tumor, blood, lymph nodes, white blood cells, mouth cells (buccal smears) scraped from the inside of participant's cheek, urine, saliva, or other tissue samples.
Complete questionnaires about immunotherapy side effects at baseline and with follow-up appointments.
Undergo knee x-rays.
Allow the use of demographic and clinical information.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Head and Neck Cancer Lung Cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer	Other: Collection of biological specimens

Detailed Description

The Immunobiology Blood and Tissue Collection of Upper Aerodigestive Malignancies Protocol is a discovery and exploratory protocol that will enable the investigators to obtain and archive biological specimens from patients with cancer of the head and neck, thorax and upper gastrointestinal tract, who are receiving or may receive treatments known or hypothesized to have an immunomodulatory antitumor effect. The investigators aim to conduct immunologic studies across tumor types and treatment modalities in order to accomplish the following:

Gain mechanistic insights into the potential influence of various forms of cancer therapy on antitumor immunity, including but not limited to chemotherapies, kinase inhibitors, angiogenesis inhibitors, immune-modulating monoclonal antibodies, cellular immune therapies and radiation therapy.
Define new tumor antigens and the tumor antigens' relevance to disease biology, and correlate antigen expression with immune responses and disease outcomes.
Evaluate potential immune-related prognostic or treatment response indicators.
Assess the immunologic features of pre-malignant lesions (e.g., atypical or dysplastic nevi, dysplastic bronchial epithelium, colonic adenomas), and compare these features to features of invasive cancers.
Investigate the immunobiology of neoadjuvant and adjuvant cancer therapies, including but not limited to cancer vaccines.
Develop protein-, RNA-, and DNA-based blood markers to monitor tumor burden and predict and detect tumor relapse.
Evaluate the causative mechanisms of immune-related toxicities in patients receiving cancer therapy with immune checkpoint blockade.
Characterize factors and molecular pathways in the tumor immune microenvironment that lead to immune suppression, tolerance to tumor antigens, and cancer progression.
Understand the epidemiology of and risk factors for particular immune related adverse events (irAEs) including inflammatory arthritis, sicca syndrome and myositis

To support the above research aims, biological specimens obtained and processed in the individual laboratories of the co-investigators will be linked by a centralized demographic database, allowing for the retrieval of information regarding specimen characteristics (e.g., tumor type, treatment exposure, date of specimen retrieval, anatomic site of biopsy, biopsy procedure) and clinical outcomes. Participants starting on immune checkpoint inhibitors will complete a survey when the participants enroll on study to assess for potential risk factors for irAE development. Participants will also undergo knee radiographs to evaluate for osteoarthritis, baseline survey for personal and family historical risk factors, and serial surveys designed to screen for development of irAEs This information will be correlated with the results of exploratory scientific analyses conducted in the laboratories of the co-investigators. Hypotheses generated from this work are expected to support future hypothesis-driven scientific investigations and clinical trial development.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

1250 participants

Observational Model:

Other

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Immunobiology Blood and Tissue Collection of Upper Aerodigestive Malignancies

Actual Study Start Date :

Aug 25, 2016

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Aug 25, 2026

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Aug 25, 2026

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Upper Aerodigestive Malignancies Patients with cancer of the head and neck, thorax and upper gastrointestinal tract, who are receiving or may receive treatments known or hypothesized to have an immunomodulatory antitumor effect.	Other: Collection of biological specimens Collection of tumor, blood, lymph nodes, white blood cells, mouth cells (buccal smears) scraped from the inside of your cheek, urine, saliva, or other tissue samples.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Upper Aerodigestive Malignancies

Patients with cancer of the head and neck, thorax and upper gastrointestinal tract, who are receiving or may receive treatments known or hypothesized to have an immunomodulatory antitumor effect.

Other: Collection of biological specimens

Collection of tumor, blood, lymph nodes, white blood cells, mouth cells (buccal smears) scraped from the inside of your cheek, urine, saliva, or other tissue samples.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Demographic and clinical data obtained via chart review [10 years]
This is a clinic based registry of cancer therapy data from participants to be collected over time.
Biological specimens obtained from cancer patients [10 years]
This is a virtual tissue bank containing biological specimens from participants collected over time.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects with a pathologically confirmed or clinically suspected upper aerodigestive malignancy who may be candidates for known or potentially immunomodulating treatments
Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with known significant contraindications for venipuncture (e.g., hemoglobin <8.5 g/dL) will be excluded from the blood collection component of the study
Patients with known significant contraindications for biopsy (e.g., severe bleeding diathesis) will be excluded from the tissue biopsy component of the study
Patients with known significant contraindications for bronchoscopy (e.g., airway concerns, significant cardiac disease) will be excluded from the bronchoscopy component of the study
Unable or unwilling to read English and complete forms/questionnaires