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The Impact of Total Body Skin Examination on Skin Cancer Detection (TBSE)

14. april 2010 opdateret af: Medical University of Graz

This will be a study where all patients will undergo a two-step procedure:

Step 1 - Physicians examine the problem area of skin ONLY and record result. Step 2 - Physicians perform TBSE and record result. Eventual lesions suggestive of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers will be recorded after step 1 or step 2 examination and will be finally biopsied and histopathologically diagnosed. Exceptions to biopsy may include patients with multiple non-melanoma skin cancers (e.g. actinic keratoses or basal cell carcinomas).

Each center will be provided with an electronic data sheet for patients record, or alternatively, with a paper record form.

Endpoints of the study are new parameters concerning the standard of care for skin cancer screening. We expect to conclude that TBSE enables clinicians discovering an increased number of skin cancers thus resulting in earlier detection.

Studieoversigt

Status

Afsluttet

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljeret beskrivelse

Clinicans performed a two-step examination for skin cancer, with clinical examination of individual lesions was aided by the use of dermoscopy, as needed. In the first step, physicians performed inspection of problem areas and uncovered areas only, and lesions suggestive of melanoma or non-melanoma skin cancer were noted. In the second step, TBSE was performed. Following both examinations, lesions suggestive of melanoma or non-melanoma skin cancer were excised or biopsied. Histopathologic diagnosis was recorded for each of the biopsied or excised lesions.

Statistical analysis: We calculated absolute risks as the proportion of individuals with the target disease divided by all individuals at risk. The number needed to examine was calculated by dividing the individuals at risk by the numbers of individuals with the target disease. Confidence intervals for proportions were calculated using standard formulas based on the binomial distribution. Chi square tests were used for comparison of proportions.

Continuous variables are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD) unless otherwise specified. For univariate and multivariate analyses we used odds ratios derived from logistic regression to estimate relative risks and their confidence intervals. All p-values reported are 2-tailed. Statistical significance is defined as P <0.05. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software, version 16.0 (SPSS, Chicago, Ill, US).

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Faktiske)

14381

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

      • Graz, Østrig, 8046
        • Medical University of Graz-Austria: Department of Dermatology

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

18 år til 95 år (Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Consecutive, unselected adult (18 years or more) patients with any skin disorders. Skin disorder must be localized on a limited body area and should NOT require total body skin examination (TBSE) to be diagnosed and/or treated.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who ask for or need TBSE as the main reason for consultation. A patient must be also excluded if a significant part of the body should be undressed for diagnosis and/or treatment (i.e. if the shirt or trousers should be removed for diagnosis and/or treatment, then the patient must be excluded).
  • patients under the age of 18 years.
  • patients who do not agree to get TBSE.

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Diagnostisk
  • Tildeling: Ikke-randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Enkelt gruppeopgave
  • Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Andet: Skin cancer screening
Clinicans performed a two-step examination for skin cancer, with clinical examination of individual lesions was aided by the use of dermoscopy, as needed. In the first step, physicians performed inspection of problem areas and uncovered areas only, and lesions suggestive of melanoma or non-melanoma skin cancer were noted. In the second step, TBSE was performed. Following both examinations, lesions suggestive of melanoma or non-melanoma skin cancer were excised or biopsied. Histopathologic diagnosis was recorded for each of the biopsied or excised lesions.
Andre navne:
  • Inspection of problem areas

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tidsramme
Number of Participants With Suspicious Tumors Detected After Inspection of Problem Area and Inspection of the Full Body.
Tidsramme: one year
one year

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tidsramme
Whether a Systematic Screening is Related to a Higher Number of Unnecessary Excisions of Benign Skin Tumors Detected During the Screening.
Tidsramme: one year
one year

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Sponsor

Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof, Prof., Medical University of Graz, Austria
  • Ledende efterforsker: Giuseppe Argenziano, Prof., University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

Publikationer og nyttige links

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Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. maj 2008

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

1. maj 2009

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)

1. maj 2009

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

14. august 2008

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

1. oktober 2008

Først opslået (Skøn)

2. oktober 2008

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)

15. april 2010

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

14. april 2010

Sidst verificeret

1. april 2010

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • 19-175 ex 07/08

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