Studies quality of life in people with early plasma cell conditions

Who can take part

• Patients with either monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance age >= 18 years old; Both criteria must be met:; Serum monoclonal protein < 3 g/dL or urinary monoclonal protein < 500 mg per 24 hours and clonal bone marrow plasma cells < 10%; Absence of myeloma defining events or amyloidosis
• OR Patients with smoldering multiple myeloma age >= 18 years old; Both criteria must be met:; Serum monoclonal protein >= 3 g/dL or urinary monoclonal protein >= 500 mg per 24 hours and/or clonal bone marrow plasma cells 10-60%; Absence of myeloma defining events or amyloidosis
• Patients must be enrolled in clinical trials for SMM or MGUS at MD Anderson Cancer Center, including protocols PA15-0575 (NCT02726750) (Prospective observational study of clinical and genomic predictors of progression to myeloma in asymptomatic monoclonal gammopathies); 2015-0148 (Phase II single arm trial of Isatuximab in patients with intermediate and high risk smoldering multiple myeloma); and 2015-0371 (NCT02603887) (Pilot single arm, single center, open label trial of Pembrolizumab in patients with intermediate and high risk smoldering multiple myeloma) and any future clinical trials for MGUS and/or SMM that open at MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Only patients who are English or Spanish speaking are eligible

Who cannot take part

• Presence of cognitive impairment or delirium as determined by the primary clinician
• Evidence of myeloma defining events or biomarkers of malignancy due to underlying plasma cell proliferative disorder meeting at least one of the following; Hypercalcemia: serum calcium > 0.25 mmol/L (> 1 mg/dL) higher than the upper limit of normal or > 2.75 mmol/L (> 11 mg/dL); Renal Insufficiency: creatinine clearance < 40 ml/min or serum creatinine > 2 mg/dL; Anemia: hemoglobin value < 10 g/dL or 2 g/dL < normal reference; Bone lesions: one or more osteolytic lesions on skeletal radiography, computerized tomography (CT) or 2-deoxy-2[F-18] fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography CT (PET-CT); Clonal bone marrow plasma cell percentage >= 60%; Involved: uninvolved serum free light chain ratio >= 100 measured by Freelite assay (The Binding Site Group, Birmingham, United Kingdom [UK]); >1 focal lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies, if the patient has an MRI done per eligibility criteria (each focal lesion must be 5 mm or more in size)
• Plasma cell leukemia