Evaluation of Immunologic Response Following COVID-19 Vaccination in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Cancer (NCT05228275)
๐ฉบ Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
This study evaluates immunologic response following COVID-19 vaccination in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. Vaccines work by stimulating the body's immune cells to respond against a specific disease. The immune response produces protection from that disease. Effects from cancer and from treatments for cancer can reduce the body's natural disease fighting ability (called immunity). Factors such as vaccine type, timing of vaccine dosing related to treatment for cancer and number of vaccine doses or "boosts" (extra vaccine shots) may strengthen or diminish the body's protective immune response. This study may help researchers learn more about how the body's immune system responds to the COVID-19 vaccine when the vaccination is given during or after cancer treatment.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (12 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (5 items).
Location: Children's Hospital of Alabama โ Birmingham, Alabama
๐ "Do I Qualify?" โ 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Documented SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody infusion or convalescent plasma after COVID-19 infection within last 90 days
- Note: patients with previous COVID-19 infection are eligible as long as requirements are met. Patients receiving intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG) therapy (i.e., post bone marrow transplantation \[BMT\] or chimeric antigen receptor \[CAR\]-T) are eligible
- Patients undergoing radiation therapy only are ineligible
- Reminder: before the planned initial COVID-19 vaccine dose, patient must be undergoing or have received cancer treatments
๐ Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
๐ All Participating Trial Locations (72 Sites)
- Children's Hospital of Alabama โ Birmingham, Alabama
- Kingman Regional Medical Center โ Kingman, Arizona
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland โ Oakland, California
- Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego โ San Diego, California
- Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children โ Wilmington, Delaware
- Children's National Medical Center โ Washington D.C., District of Columbia
- Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida โ Fort Myers, Florida
- UF Health Cancer Institute - Gainesville โ Gainesville, Florida
- Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital โ Hollywood, Florida
- Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville โ Jacksonville, Florida
- Nicklaus Children's Hospital โ Miami, Florida
- Nemours Children's Hospital โ Orlando, Florida
- Sacred Heart Hospital โ Pensacola, Florida
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital โ St. Petersburg, Florida
- Tampa General Hospital โ Tampa, Florida
- Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa โ Tampa, Florida
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children โ Honolulu, Hawaii
- University of Illinois โ Chicago, Illinois
- OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois โ Peoria, Illinois
- Maine Children's Cancer Program โ Scarborough, Maine
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore โ Baltimore, Maryland
- C S Mott Children's Hospital โ Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital โ Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Bronson Methodist Hospital โ Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Corewell Health Children's โ Royal Oak, Michigan
๐ฐ Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA ยง 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.