Proteomic Profiling in Diagnosing Ovarian Cancer in Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for an Abnormal Pelvic Mass

NCT00238342 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2000

Last updated 2010-02-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Finding specific proteins in the blood may help doctors tell whether a patient has ovarian cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well proteomic profiling works in diagnosing ovarian cancer in patients who are undergoing surgery for an abnormal pelvic mass.

Conditions

Interventions

GENETIC

proteomic profiling

OTHER

surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

PROCEDURE

biopsy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Gynecologic Oncology Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Elise C. Kohn, MD · NCI - Medical Oncology Branch

  • Samir N. Khleif, MD · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  • Larry J. Copeland, MD · Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-10-31
Primary Completion
2007-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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