This study evaluates a novel laboratory method to study how certain bone marrow cells in the body take up nutrients from their environment.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Evaluate differences in the amount of extracellular uptake of glucose and amino acids (AAs) between pre-malignant clonal plasma cells (cPCs) and polyclonal plasma cells (pPCs). OUTLINE: This is an observational study. Participants are assigned to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP I: Patients undergo blood collection and bone marrow aspiration as part of their standard care and have their medical records reviewed on study. GROUP II: Healthy volunteers undergo blood collection and bone marrow aspiration on study.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Non-interventional study
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Extracellular uptake of glucose and amino acids (AAs) between pre-malignant clonal plasma cells (cPCs) and polyclonal plasma cells (pPCs)
Assessed by evaluating blood and bone marrow aspirate samples for mean 13Carbon (13C) percentage enrichment of the mass isotopomers of interest of at least 6 (i.e. the difference between a mean 13C percentage enrichment of a particular mass isotopomer is 12% in the MGUS group and 6% in the healthy participant group or vice versa) using a 2-group t-test with a 2-sided significance level of 0.01.
Time frame: Up to 30 days
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