Detection of Melanoma Markers in Lymph Nodes or Peripheral Blood of Patients With Melanoma

September 4, 2013 updated by: University of Chicago

Sensitive RT-PCR Analysis for Melanoma Markers From Lymph Nodes and Peripheral Blood in Patients With Melanoma

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures may improve the ability to detect the presence or recurrence of disease.

PURPOSE: Diagnostic trial to detect melanoma markers in the lymph nodes or peripheral blood of patients who have melanoma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the feasibility of performing reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for five different tumor antigen genes using lymph node samples or peripheral blood from patients with melanoma.
  • Determine the ability of PCR-positive lymph nodes or peripheral blood to predict relapse of disease in these patients.
  • Determine the correlation of positive PCR results from peripheral blood with disease stage.

OUTLINE: Lymph node biopsies or peripheral blood are obtained from patients. These specimens are examined by nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and analyzed for various tumor antigens.

Patients may choose to be told the results of this testing, but the results do not influence or change the planned therapy. Brief counseling is required to discuss the results and their potential implications.

Patients are followed for at least 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 30 patients for the lymph node portion and 80 patients (20 per stage of disease) for the peripheral blood portion will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

106

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
        • University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Clinically proven melanoma with indication to perform sentinel lymph node biopsy or elective lymph node dissection OR
  • Histologically proven or diagnosis highly suspicious for melanoma

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Any age

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Platelet count greater than 50,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin greater than 7 g/dL

Hepatic:

  • PT less than 15 sec
  • PTT less than 30 sec

Renal:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No psychiatric illness that precludes compliance
  • No other concurrent malignancy

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • Not specified

Surgery

  • Not specified

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
To determine if there is a suggestion that PCR-positive lymph nodes predict relapse of disease
Time Frame: 3 years
3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Chicago

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD, University of Chicago

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 1998

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2004

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 10, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 5, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 4, 2013

Last Verified

September 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 9308
  • UCCRC-9308
  • UCCRC-CTRC-9767
  • NCI-G99-1620

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