Evaluation of the Detection of Tumor Cells in Bone Marrow and Blood in Patients With Choroid Melanoma

Institut Curie0 sites15 target enrollmentNovember 2007

ConditionsIntraocular Melanoma

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Intraocular Melanoma
Sponsor: Institut Curie
Enrollment: 15
Primary Endpoint: Detection of micro-metastatic cells in 20 x 10^6 nucleated cells
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 14 years ago

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Overview

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Studying samples of bone marrow and blood from patients with cancer may help doctors find out the extent of disease.

PURPOSE: This research study is collecting bone marrow and blood samples from patients with metastatic choroid melanoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Develop and validate a method of detecting tumor cells in the bone marrow and blood in patients with metastatic choroid melanoma. OUTLINE: While patients are under general anesthesia for standard treatment of their disease, samples of bone marrow from the iliac crest and blood are collected. Samples are analyzed for the expression of tyrosinase and Melan-a via RT-PCR.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

November 2007

End Date

May 2011

Last Updated

14 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All