About this trial
The participants are being asked to take part in this trial, because the participant is a survivor of childhood cancer or agreed to be part of a volunteer group to understand the relation between cancer and cancer treatment and muscle weakness in survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). ALL is cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
Primary Objective
• To compare muscle mtOXPHOS activity and satellite cell content among ALL survivors and controls.
Secondary Objective
* To evaluate the association between muscle mtOXPHOS, muscle satellite cell content and physical performance in ALL survivors. * To evaluate the association of muscle morphology and epigenetics with muscle mtOXPHOS in ALL survivors.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Survivor- or Control-Participant is age 18 years old or older at time of consent and enrolled in SJLIFE.
Survivor- Participant is childhood ALL survivor
Survivor- or Control Participant has low muscle mass as defined by relative lean mass z-score of less than or equal to -0.5 SD (lean mass divided by height in meters squared).
Survivor - Participant is able and willing to give informed consent
Disqualifiers
Survivor-Participant has history of cranial radiation.
Survivor- or Control-Participant has implanted medical devices or metal that would interfere with MRI or MRS
Female Survivor- or Control-Participant is pregnant.
Survivor- or Control-Participant is taking anticoagulants (e.g. aspirin, apixaban, coumadin, edoxaban, rivaroxaban)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Physical function assessment
- Peripheral blood sample
- Skeletal muscle biopsy
- Muscle Ultrasound