Primary Cerebral Lymphoma at UMCU and St Antonius
Recruiting
- Conditions
- brain lymphomaPrimary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL)1002532010029211
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON54051
- Lead Sponsor
- Sint Antonius Ziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
1. Suspected or confirmed primary central nervous system lymphoma
2. Age > 18 years
3. Patients who have a clinical indication for a diagnostic lumbar puncture
Exclusion Criteria
1) If contra-indications for lumbar puncture are present:
- skin infection
- coagulopathy
- signs or symptoms of increased intracranial pressure
- midline shift or obliteration of basal cisterns on neuro-imaging
2) If a patient is unwilling to give written consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Detect specific biomarkers in CSF and/or blood from patients clinically<br /><br>suspected of primary central nervous system lymphoma. Thereby improving the<br /><br>diagnosis of CNS lymphoma in a majority of patients and reducing the need for<br /><br>tissue confirmation through stereotactic biopsy.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Possible secondary objectives:<br /><br>- determine the relationship between the prognosis of CNS lymphoma and specific<br /><br>biomarkers,<br /><br>- determine the relationship between specific biomarkers and therapy response. </p><br>