DNA methylation profiling in blood of patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) after organ transplantatio
Completed
- Conditions
- orgaantransplantatiepost-transplant cutaneous squamous cell carcinomapost-transplant skin cancer10040900
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with (cases) compared to patients without (controls) cutaneous squamous cel carcinoma after their first organ transplantation
Exclusion Criteria
Previous transplantation (either solid or non-solid organ transplantation)
History and presence of other malignancies (including skin malignancies before transplantation)
Under 18 years of age
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary study parameter is the difference in DNA methylation in CD3+ T<br /><br>cells between organ transplant recipients who developed cSCC and organ<br /><br>recipients who did not develop a malignancy.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>not applicable</p><br>