Status:

RECRUITING

Serologic Response to Pneumococcal Vaccination Among Esophageal Cancer Patients With High Grade Lymphopenia After Chemoradiation

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Conditions:

Pneumococcal Vaccine

Esophageal Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

To learn how radiation treatment may affect your responses to vaccines against pneumonia.

Detailed Description

Primary Objectives \- Determine the impact of Grade IV radiation-induced lymphopenia on serologic responses to pneumococcal vaccination. Secondary Objectives * Determine the impact of chemoradiatio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Group 1A
  • a. Patients currently receiving, planning to receive, or recently completed chemoradiation for esophageal cancer with protons.
  • Group 1B
  • a. Patients currently receiving, planning to receive, or recently completed chemoradiation for esophageal cancer with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
  • Group 2A
  • a. Patients currently receiving, planning to receive, or recently completed definitive proton therapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
  • Group 2B
  • a. Patients currently receiving, planning to receive, or recently completed definitive IMRT for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
  • Group 3
  • a. Healthy age- and gender- matched individuals
  • All Groups
  • Patients of all genders, races and nationalities will be solicited.
  • Age \>18 years
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion

  • Patients with compromised immunologic responses due to an uncontrolled intercurrent immunodeficiency (e.g., Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), X-linked agammaglobulinemia) or previous or current immune suppressive therapy
  • a. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial.
  • Patients receiving intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) during the study or in the three months prior to study enrollment.
  • Patients with psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Individuals with previous pneumococcal vaccination in the last 5 years.
  • Individuals with severe allergy to any of the vaccine components

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 5 2024

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 30 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06181656

Start Date

February 5 2024

End Date

September 30 2025

Last Update

August 8 2025

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MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030