Non Invasive Optical Imaging of WBC Count

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hematologic Malignancy

In brief

This research study is looking at a small device that measures white blood cell (WBC) counts by being placed against the finger nail for participants who are undergoing stem cell transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital or have a hematologic malignancy and are being seen as an outpatient.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02512666

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

45

Starts

2015-09-01

Expected to finish

2017-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with lymphoid malignancies or plasma cell dyscrasias who are admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital to undergo autologous stem cell transplantation or are seen in the outpatient clinic
• Age ≥ 18 years
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
• Patients must have WBC ≥ 3000 / µl and ANC ≥ 1500 / µl at admission or their last clinical visit to be enrolled.

You may not qualify if…

• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition of baby oil.
• Myelodysplasia
• Skin phototype < 4 in the Fitzpatrick scale.

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.