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Study of the Results of Education and Counseling for Persons Undergoing Genetic Testing for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer

NCT00004210 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 900

Last updated 2014-10-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Identifying family and individual characteristics may help plan education and counseling for patients who are considering genetic testing.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying education and counseling to see what effect they have in patients who are undergoing genetic testing for hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (recruitment of new families with HNPCC stopped as of 04-26-06, recruitment of persons within families already participating continues).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

loss of heterozygosity analysis

OTHER

microsatellite instability analysis

OTHER

mutation analysis

OTHER

counseling intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Donald W. Hadley, MS, CGC · National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-02-29
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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