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. 2021 May 17;11(5):94. doi: 10.1038/s41408-021-00480-w

Table 3.

Biosamples included in the study biobank and when they are obtained from participants.

Sample Arm 2–Low risk Arm 2–Non-low risk Arm 3–All SMM and SWM–4-month follow-up SMM and SWM–6-month follow-up MM and WM
Bone marrow
Sorted and unsorted cellsa None 0 and 60 months 0 and 60 months Annually Annually At diagnosis
Plasma None 0 and 60 months 0 and 60 months Annually Annually At diagnosis
Blood
Cell-free plasma (EDTA tube) 0 months Annually Annually Every 4 months Every 6 months At diagnosis
Plasma (Li-Hep tubes) 0 months Annually Annually Every 4 months Every 6 months At diagnosis
Serum (SST tubes) 0 months Annually Annually Every 4 months Every 6 months At diagnosis
Blood RNA (PaxGene® tube) 0 months 0 months 0 months 0 months 0 months At diagnosis
Lymphocytes (CPT tube) 0 months 0 and 60 months 0 and 60 months 0 and 60 months 0 and 60 months At diagnosis
Urine 0 months 0 months 0 months Annually Annually At diagnosis

SMM smoldering multiple myeloma, SWM smoldering Walderströms macroglobulinemia, MM multiple myeloma, WM Waldenströms macroglobulinemia.

aBuffy coat from the bone marrow samples. Unsorted in IgM MGUS but stored as CD138+ and CD138− fractions using magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS) in Non-IgM MGUS and LC-MGUS.