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NCT07793006Recruiting

New Approaches for the Diagnosis of Lymphoma and Multicentric Castleman Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Persons living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), lymphadenopathy often portends one of a number of life-threatening diseases including tuberculosis, lymphoma, and multicentric Castleman disease (MCD). Overcoming these delays and missed diagnoses requires new approaches to identify lymphoma and MCD.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
500 (estimated)
First submitted
17 Jul 2026
Start date
17 Mar 2025
Primary completion date
Dec 2028
Lead sponsor
Indiana University
NCT number
NCT07793006

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 500
  • From 17 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, Dec 2028
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • Subjects with a previous history of cancer in the last five years with the exception of subjects with Kaposi sarcoma (i.e. history of Kaposi sarcoma is allowed in the study).

Other

  • Cannot or is not willing to follow study procedures.

Who the study is looking for

  • Age ≥1 year old and body weight of ≥ 10 kg.
  • HIV-infected.
  • Unexplained lymphadenopathy with at least one lymph node ≥2 cm that is amenable to biopsy.
  • Willing and able to give informed consent if the subject is 18 years of age or older, adolescent assent and legal guardian consent for subjects 15-17 years of age, pediatric assent and legal guardian consent for subjects 7-14 years of age, or legal guardian consent for pediatric subjects less than 7 years of age.

Age in the registry: 1 year to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Lighthouse Trust HIV Centers of Excellence
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LilongweMalawiRecruiting

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