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Biomarkers in Tissue Samples From Patients Who Have Undergone Neck Dissection for Oral Cancer

Withdrawn
Conditions
Head and Neck Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00899704
Lead Sponsor
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.

PURPOSE: This research study is looking at tissue samples in predicting oral cancer in patients who have undergone neck dissection for oral cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* To test preliminary data from node-positive oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) signatures for their ability to predict lymph-positive primaries using a cohort of OSCC tumors.

* To perform lymph node prediction using sentinel lymph node-biopsied primaries.

* To validate the preliminary data node-positive OSCC signature and test its ability to predict nodal status.

OUTLINE: Patient tissue samples are screened using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for human papilloma virus-specific primers. Samples are analyzed to identify a nodal-metastasis signature for oral squamous cell carcinoma. Samples also undergo microarray analysis to quantify expression levels for targeted genes. Initial data analysis is performed using Affymetrix® Microarray Suite 5.0 to quantify expression levels for targeted genes.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
overall survivalUp to 5 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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