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Collection of Tissue Samples From Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial Cancer

Completed
Conditions
Ovarian Cancer
Registration Number
NCT01096394
Lead Sponsor
Vanderbilt University
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tumor tissue and ascites fluid from patients to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer.

PURPOSE: This pre-clinical research study is collecting tissue samples and ascites fluid from patients with stage III or stage IV ovarian/primary peritoneal/fallopian tube epithelial cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* To generate a translational ovarian cancer model using tumor tissue and cells from patients with stage III-IV ovarian/primary peritoneal/fallopian tube epithelial cancer for drug response and development.

OUTLINE: Tissue and fluid samples are collected at the time of surgery or paracentesis and used in laboratory experiments and in animal models. Health data is collected from patient medical records before, during, and after surgery.

After surgery, patients are followed up for 5 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Establishment of a "live" library of primary ovarian epithelial tumors5 year follow up of outcome.

Our approach is to establish a "live" library of primary tumors from patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer by transplanting this tissue into a host mouse model. This preclinical model system will allow us to test the response to standard and novel therapeutics and will provide a perpetual tumor archive for future experiments that will probe critical molecular pathways involved in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer and similar cancer types (primary peritoneal and fallopian tube).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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