Studying Genes to Identify Melanoma in Patients in Iceland and Their Family Members

NCT00346008 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 2500

Last updated 2013-05-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Studying the genes expressed in samples of blood from patients with cancer and their family members may help doctors identify biomarkers related to cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying genes to identify melanoma in patients in Iceland and their family members.

Conditions

  • Melanoma (Skin)

Interventions

GENETIC

mutation analysis

OTHER

high performance liquid chromatography

OTHER

laboratory biomarker analysis

OTHER

questionnaire administration

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Iceland Genomics Corporation

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Alisa Goldstein, PhD · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • Iceland

Study Locations

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