Natural History Study of Moles and Suspicious Melanoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00288938 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 8, 2006
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2017
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First Submitted Date | February 8, 2006 | ||
First Posted Date | February 8, 2006 | ||
Last Update Posted Date | July 2, 2017 | ||
Study Start Date | February 3, 2006 | ||
Primary Completion Date | Not Provided | ||
Current Primary Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||
Original Primary Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||
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Current Secondary Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||
Original Secondary Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||
Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||
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Brief Title | Natural History Study of Moles and Suspicious Melanoma | ||
Official Title | Dermoscopic Diagnosis, Histopathological Correlation, and Cellular Immortalization of Melanocytic Nevi and Primary Cutaneous Melanoma | ||
Brief Summary | Background:
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Detailed Description | The objective of this study is to understand early transformation and malignant progression events of cutaneous melanoma by obtaining detailed clinical information and lesional tissue for analysis, cell culture, and immortalization from patients with melanocytic nevi, which frequently are precursor lesions of melanoma, and primary melanoma. An important goal of this study is the acquisition of melanocytes from lager congential melanocytic nevi (LCMN) and acquired melanocytic nevi (AMN) for analysis, culture and experimental manipulation. We do not propose to acquire melanocytes from pigmented lesions suspected to represent primary melanoma because of the importance of preserving all lesional tissue required to render accurate histopathological diagnosis. However, another aim of the study is the development of enhanced clinical criteria for the diagnosis of primary cutaneous melanoma, particularly using digital epiluminescent skin microscopy, or dermoscopy, for pigmented lesion image acquisition and analysis. The close comparison of dermoscopic images of pigmented skin lesions suspicious for melanoma with lesional histopathology should be useful for expanding the knowledge base about how dermoscopy , a relatively new technique used to evaluate pigmented skin lesions, can be used to diagnose a pigmented skin lesion as benign or malignant. These detailed comparisons may also provide information about how specific visual features within the dermoscopic image field correlate with histologic features of the lesion. This information may be useful for future possible studies designed to predict accurately which portions of a primary malignant melanoma can be removed for esperimental study while retaining sufficient lesional information to guide further treatment and render an accurate prognosis. The study population will consist of three categories of patients: (1) infants and children with large congenital melanocytic nevi, (2) adults with numerous (less than 100) melanocytic nevi, and (3) patients with primary malignant melanoma. Establishment of the Pigmented Lesion Clinic required for the execution of this protocol will provide a mechanism for the evaluation of patients with numerous or unusual pigmented lesions, and for the entry of eligible patients into ongoing therapeutic trials for malignant melanoma. As the study progresses, it is anticipated that a substantial amount of formalin-fixed nevus and primary melanoma tissue with a high-degree of clinical annotation will be collected. As a secondary objective , the availability of this collection will be useful to support studies designed to evaluate new markers and techniques for the diagnosis of melanoma and atypical nevi, and for incorporation into a tissue microarray that will be available to the melanoma research community for target foundation validation. Background: The molecular events resulting in melanocyte transformation and the development of early melanoma are incompletely understood. Risk factors for the development of melanoma include genetic, phenotypic and environmental risk factors and can overlap. Also, persons with large numbers of nevi face a higher risk of melanoma. These risk associations, combined with knowledge obtained from basic studies on the survival, differentiation, and proliferation of the melanocyte, can provide hints about the molecular mechanisms that underlie the development of nevi and melanoma. In this study we plan to acquire lesional tissue from pigmented lesions and develop enhanced clinical criteria for the diagnosis of primary cutaneous melanoma, particularly using digital epiluminescent skin microscopy, or dermoscopy, for pigmented lesion image acquisition and analysis. This information may be useful for future possible studies designed to predict accurately which portions of a primary malignant melanoma can be removed for experimental study while retaining sufficient lesional information to guide further treatment and render an accurate prognosis. Objectives: To obtain tissue from benign melanocytic nevi and from large congenital melanocytic nevi (LCMN) for experimental study. To refine culture and immortalization methods for melanocytes derived from melanocytic nevi, permitting in vitro expansion of these cells for functional study. To correlate clinical and dermoscopic observations of primary melanomas with histopathology to establish standards for sampling primary melanomas in a possible future study. Eligibility: Infants/Children less than 5 years of age with large congenital melanocytic nevus (LCMN, diagnosed clinically or by biopsy) that is greater than 20 cm in any one dimension or that is greater than 8 cm in any one dimension involving the scalp. Adults greater than 18 years of age with greater than 100 melanocytic nevi greater than 2 mm in diameter with at least one melanocytic nevus greater than 4 mm in longest dimension or with a current pigmented lesion clinically suspicious for primary melanoma. Design: This is a natural history protocol designed to enroll 110 subjects who will be evaluated and followed over the course of their disease. |
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Study Type | Observational | ||
Study Design | Not Provided | ||
Target Follow-Up Duration | Not Provided | ||
Biospecimen | Not Provided | ||
Sampling Method | Not Provided | ||
Study Population | Not Provided | ||
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Intervention | Not Provided | ||
Study Groups/Cohorts | Not Provided | ||
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* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
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Recruitment Information | |||
Recruitment Status | Completed | ||
Actual Enrollment |
20 | ||
Original Enrollment |
110 | ||
Study Completion Date | October 31, 2011 | ||
Primary Completion Date | Not Provided | ||
Eligibility Criteria |
Infants/Children Must be less than or equal to 5 years. Must have large congenital melanocytic nevus (LCMN, diagnosed clinically or by biopsy) that is greater than 20 cm in any one dimension or that is greater than 8 cm in any one dimension involving the scalp. Must have outside referring physician. OR Adults Must be greater than 18 years. Must have greater than or equal to 100 melanocytic nevi greater than 2 mm in diameter. Must have at least one melanocytic nevus greater than or equal to 4 mm in longest dimension. Can have prior history of cutaneous or ocular malignant melanoma. Must have outside primary physician. OR Adults Must be greater than 18 years. Must have a current pigmented lesion clinically suspicious for primary melanoma. Must have outside primary physician. AND All patients, or in the case of infants and children their parents or legal guardians, must be able to understand and sign an informed consent. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: The patient does not meet the inclusion criteria. Diagnosis of genetic syndrome associated with multiple lentigines or nevi (Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Carney complex, turner syndrome, Noonan's syndrome). Two or more first-degree relatives with history of cutaneous melanoma and familial atypical mole-melanoma syndrome phenotype. Diagnosis of cancer-associated syndrome (xeroderma pigmentosum, type I neurofibromatosis, Li-Fraumeni syndrome). Inability to tolerate surgical procedure due to bleeding diathesis or disorder or other cause as determined by principal investigator. Patient is unwilling to consider elective biopsy of a melanocytic nevus. |
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Ages | 5 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) | ||
Accepts Healthy Volunteers | No | ||
Contacts | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | ||
Listed Location Countries | United States | ||
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NCT Number | NCT00288938 | ||
Other Study ID Numbers | 060060 06-C-0060 |
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Has Data Monitoring Committee | Not Provided | ||
U.S. FDA-regulated Product | Not Provided | ||
IPD Sharing Statement | Not Provided | ||
Current Responsible Party | Not Provided | ||
Original Responsible Party | Same as current | ||
Current Study Sponsor | National Cancer Institute (NCI) | ||
Original Study Sponsor | Same as current | ||
Collaborators | Not Provided | ||
Investigators | Not Provided | ||
PRS Account | National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) | ||
Verification Date | October 31, 2011 |