Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajio

The detection of MRD is associated with an increased risk of relapse and adverse prognosis in all patient groups diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, it has a sensitivity level that detects one leukemic cell in 10,000 normal cells, along with other disadvantages such as the need for a panel of fluorescent antibodies for MRD detection, and its measurement is not standardized in many centers. New determination techniques may be necessary for MRD evaluation. Raman spectroscopy is proposed as a potential technique for MRD measurement, which is based on the inelastic scattering of light that occurs when it interacts with matter, causing optical scattering, where a portion of the radiation changes its wavelength (by Raman effect).
Objectives:
MAIN OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the presence of MRD in patients with ALL by comparing a standard evaluation method using flow cytometry with a new proposed method using Raman spectroscopy.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
To assess the presence of MRD using flow cytometry in patients with ALL.
To assess the presence of MRD using Raman spectroscopy in patients with ALL.
To perform a comparison between the MRD measurement techniques by determining sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value.
To establish the validation of using Raman spectroscopy as a method for MRD evaluation.
Study Design:
An observational, cross-sectional, comparative, and diagnostic test study will be conducted on bone marrow aspirate samples from adult and pediatric ALL patients to evaluate the presence of MRD using Raman spectroscopy, comparing the results of this technique with those obtained using flow cytometry. As a diagnostic test study, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value will be evaluated. The study will be conducted on adult and pediatric patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated at the hemato-oncology department of the UMAE No. 1 National Medical Center Bajio and the UMAE Hospital Gynecology-Pediatrics No. 48.
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients diagnosed with ALL for whom MRD determination is clinically necessary will be included in the study. Their results will be evaluated using the gold standard, flow cytometry, and compared with results obtained through Raman spectroscopy.

Background: Some evidence suggests that fluid resuscitation with lactated Ringer's solution (LR) may have an anti-inflammatory effect on acute pancreatitis (AP) when compared to normal saline (NS), and may be associated with a decrease in severity, but existing single center randomized controlled trials showed conflicting results. The WATERLAND trial aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of fluid resuscitation using LR compared to NS in patients with AP.
Methods: The WATERLAND trial is an international multicenter, open-label, parallel-group, randomized, controlled, superiority trial. Patients will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive LR versus NS-based fluid resuscitation for at least 48 hours. The primary outcome will be moderately severe or severe AP, according to the revision of the Atlanta classification. The secondary objectives of the WATERLAND trial are to determine the effect of LR versus NS fluid resuscitation on several efficacy and safety outcomes in patients with AP.
A total sample of 720 patients, 360 in the LR group and 360 in the NS group, will achieve 90% power to detect a difference between the group proportions of 10%, assuming that the frequency of moderately severe or severe AP in the LR group will be 17%. A loss to follow-up of 10% of patients is expected, so the total sample size will be 396 patients in each treatment arm (792 patients overall). The test statistic used is the two-sided Z test with pooled variance set at a 0.05 significance level.
Discussion: The WATERLAND study aims to improve the early management of AP. Fluid resuscitation is an inexpensive treatment available in any hospital center worldwide. If a better evolution of pancreatitis is demonstrated in one of the treatment arms, it would have important repercussions in the management of this frequent disease.

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