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Dependence Receptors and Leukemia

NCT03278145 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2017-09-12

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Summary

Acute leukaemias (AL) are the first cause of cancer in children, with a majority of B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Some of the processes causing leukemogenesis are already identified and well characterized in some AL subtypes such as translocation t (12; 21) of good prognosis in ALL. However, translocations are not sufficient to explain all the different processes of leukemogenesis, and other processes such as genetic / epigenetic mutations leading to oncogene activation / inhibition of tumor suppressor genes are the object research. Among the latter, mutations in tumor suppressor genes such as DCC (Deleted in Colorectal Cancer) have recently been identified in solid cancers, such as in hemopathies. This gene was subsequently characterized as encoding a "dependence receptor" specifically binding to its Netrin-1 ligand.

Dependence receptors (RDs) are transmembrane receptors that cause cell death in the absence of their ligand. RD decreases tumor progression and overexpression of their ligands is observed in many cancers, such as B lymphomatous hemopathies in adults. Inhibition of the RD-ligand interaction constitutes a new and original therapeutic target in oncology.

The aim of this study is to investigate whether RDs, in particular DCC, are expressed in acute leukemia cells at the time of diagnosis or relapse in patients aged 1 to 18 years, and then in these patients at the time of the remission balance. This research will be both qualitative and quantitative.

Conditions

Interventions

GENETIC

Genetic analyses

Patients treated at the Institute of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology (IHOPe), a department of Prof. Y. Bertrand, for acute leukemia (LA) at the time of diagnosis initial, or relapse, after obtaining signed parental consent. The same patients will benefit from a new sample at the time of their remission balance. Analyses for this research will be made from bone marrow aspiration samples performed for diagnosis and treatment of these patients. The medical team will investigate whether RDs, in particular DCC, are expressed in acute leukemia cells at the time of diagnosis or relapse and then in these patients at the time of the remission balance. This research will be both qualitative and quantitative. Next, investigators will characterize the existence and then the level of expression of the ligand specific for DCC, Netrin-1, in these same leukemic cells, at the time of diagnosis / relapse and remission.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-30
Primary Completion
2019-05-31
Completion
2019-11-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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