Study of Blood Samples From Patients With Malignant Melanoma, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Advanced Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, or Colorectal Cancer.
- Conditions
- Breast CancerPancreatic CancerColorectal CancerLung CancerMelanoma (Skin)
- Registration Number
- NCT00974610
- Lead Sponsor
- Cancer Trials Ireland
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in peptides and proteins and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
PURPOSE: This research study is looking at blood samples from patients with malignant melanoma, metastatic breast cancer, advanced lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, or colorectal cancer.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
* To assess which potential peptide and protein markers produced by human melanoma, lung, breast, pancreatic, and colorectal cell lines may be detectable in serum of patients from these five disease groups.
Secondary
* To conduct further extensive investigation with respect to identification of the protein/peptide involved, determination of specificity for each cancer, and development of more sensitive assays to look for such markers in a wider population of patients, including those undergoing therapy.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Blood samples are collected before surgical intervention or treatment to assess peptide and protein markers.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 803
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Detection of peptide and protein markers in serum Ongoing
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Identification of the protein/peptide involved Ongoing
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Trial Locations
- Locations (13)
Cork University Hospital
🇮🇪Cork, Ireland
Mercy University Hospital
🇮🇪Cork, Ireland
Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital
🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
St. Vincent's University Hospital
🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
St. James's Hospital
🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
Beaumont Hospital
🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
Mater Private Hospital
🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
St Luke's Hospital
🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
University College Hospital
🇮🇪Galway, Ireland
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