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p-AKT Expression on Clinical Outcomes in Malignant Lymphoma

Completed
Conditions
Malignant Lymphoma
P13K-AKT Pathway Deregulation
Interventions
Other: p-AKT immunohistochemical staining
Registration Number
NCT01789060
Lead Sponsor
Samsung Medical Center
Brief Summary

PI3K(phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase)/AKT pathway is an important oncogenic signaling pathway. However, clinical information about the significance of p-AKT expression in malignant lymphoma is not fully understood yet. In this study, we investigated the overexpression of p-AKT and its prognostic implication in malignant lymphoma.

Detailed Description

Recently, among diverse oncogenic signaling pathways, a number of studies have focused on the significance of oncogenic PI3K/AKT (phophatidylinositol 3-kinase/serine-threonine kinase, also known as protein kinase B \[PKB\]) pathway. PI3K(phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase)/AKT pathway phosphorylates and activates AKT as phosphorylated AKT (p-AKT) and plays a critical role promoting malignant phenotype and has prognostic significance in various solid cancers.

However, a systematic approach on the impact of p-AKT overexpression on clinical outcomes has not been performed in malignant lymphoma.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
262
Inclusion Criteria
  1. the patients were pathologically confirmed of malignant lymphoma, according to the World Health Organization classification;
  2. the patients had adequate paraffin-embedded biopsy specimen or unstained slides for immunostaining of p-AKT.
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Exclusion Criteria
  1. Primary central nervous system lymphoma was excluded in this study
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Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
p-AKTp-AKT immunohistochemical stainingp-AKT immunohistochemical staining,high p-AKT expression (upper quartile), low p-AKT expression (lower 3 quartiles)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Difference of overall survival according to p-AKT status in malignant lymphomastudy entry
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Subgroup analysis of overall survival according to histologic subtypes (GCB vs non GCB)study entry

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Samsung Medical Center

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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