Overview
This is an observational, non-interventional, multicenter study for the prospective collection, storage and analysis of patients' biological samples.
This study establishes a common international infrastructure useful to collect standard clinical variables at baseline and during treatment and to uniformly collect and store biological samples
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with MGUS, smouldering Multiple Myeloma (SMM) , MM (Multiple Myeloma) (+/- EMD), plasma cell leukemia (PCL) (+/- EMD)
- Subjects are ≥ 18 years old.
- Subjects have provided written informed consent in accordance with federal, local, and
institutional guidelines prior to initiation of any project-specific activities or
procedures.
- Subjects do not have kind of condition that, in the opinion of the Investigators, may compromise the ability of the subjects to give written informed consent and
- subjects are, in the investigator's opinion, willing and able to comply with the protocol requirements.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous treatment with anti-myeloma therapy (excluding one course of therapy in patients in which urgent therapy is deemed necessary according to physician's discretion, e.g. myeloma-related complications resistant to supportive care).
- Subjects have had prior unforeseen (serious) adverse reactions to blood donation including, but not limited to fainting, angina, severe bruising, allergic reactions, or any other adverse events.
- Any psychological, familial, sociological and geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the protocol and follow-up schedule.