Tissue Procurement and Natural History Study of Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Lung Cancer, Cancer |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 2 - 100 |
| Updated: | 1/23/2019 |
| Start Date: | September 9, 2013 |
| End Date: | July 11, 2034 |
| Contact: | Maria Agra |
| Email: | mariagracia.agra@nih.gov |
| Phone: | (240) 858-3152 |
Tissue Procurement and Natural History Study of Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma and Other Mesothelin Expressing Cancers
Background:
- Malignant mesothelioma is a malignancy arising from the mesothelial cells of the pleura,
peritoneum, pericardium, or tunica vaginalis.
- Mesothelioma accounts for 0.10% of deaths annually in the United States. Malignant
pleural mesothelioma is the most common of these, comprising of 80% of the cases with an
annual incidence of about 2,500 in the United States.
- The median survival from diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma is approximately 12 months.
The majority of patients present with stage III or IV disease with 85-90% of patients
considered unresectable at diagnosis.
- Peritoneal mesothelioma has a better prognosis than pleural mesothelioma; nevertheless,
patients undergoing therapy for peritoneal mesothelioma have few well-studied treatment
options due in large part to the rarity of the disease.
Objectives:
-To allow sample acquisition for use in the study of mesothelioma.
Eligibility:
- All patients age greater than or equal to 2 years with malignant mesothelioma
- Must be able and willing to provide informed consent if 18 or over; parent or guardian
must be able and willing to provide consent for patients under the age of 18
Design:
- Up to 1000 subjects will be enrolled.
- Patients will be followed to determine the course of disease and to record any treatment
received for mesothelioma.
- Patients will undergo sampling of blood, urine, tumor and abnormal body fluids for
tissue banking.
- Studies which may be performed on banked material include genetic and genomic studies,
establishment of cell cultures and immunologic studies.
- Malignant mesothelioma is a malignancy arising from the mesothelial cells of the pleura,
peritoneum, pericardium, or tunica vaginalis.
- Mesothelioma accounts for 0.10% of deaths annually in the United States. Malignant
pleural mesothelioma is the most common of these, comprising of 80% of the cases with an
annual incidence of about 2,500 in the United States.
- The median survival from diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma is approximately 12 months.
The majority of patients present with stage III or IV disease with 85-90% of patients
considered unresectable at diagnosis.
- Peritoneal mesothelioma has a better prognosis than pleural mesothelioma; nevertheless,
patients undergoing therapy for peritoneal mesothelioma have few well-studied treatment
options due in large part to the rarity of the disease.
Objectives:
-To allow sample acquisition for use in the study of mesothelioma.
Eligibility:
- All patients age greater than or equal to 2 years with malignant mesothelioma
- Must be able and willing to provide informed consent if 18 or over; parent or guardian
must be able and willing to provide consent for patients under the age of 18
Design:
- Up to 1000 subjects will be enrolled.
- Patients will be followed to determine the course of disease and to record any treatment
received for mesothelioma.
- Patients will undergo sampling of blood, urine, tumor and abnormal body fluids for
tissue banking.
- Studies which may be performed on banked material include genetic and genomic studies,
establishment of cell cultures and immunologic studies.
Background:
- Malignant mesothelioma is a malignancy arising from the mesothelial cells of the pleura,
peritoneum, pericardium, or tunica vaginalis.
- Mesothelioma accounts for 0.10% of deaths annually in the United States. Malignant
pleural mesothelioma is the most common of these, comprising of 80% of the cases with an
annual incidence of about 2,500 in the United States.
- The median survival from diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma is approximately 12 months.
The majority of patients present with stage III or IV disease with 85-90% of patients
considered unresectable at diagnosis.
- Peritoneal mesothelioma has a better prognosis than pleural mesothelioma; nevertheless,
patients undergoing therapy for peritoneal mesothelioma have few well-studied treatment
options due in large part to the rarity of the disease.
- In addition to mesothelioma, mesothelin is highly expressed in several cancers,
including pancreatic, biliary adenocarcinomas, gastric and ovarian cancers; mesothelin
is also expressed in a significantly larger proportion of thymic carcinoma than thymoma.
- Mesothelin expression level has been correlated with improved overall survival in thymic
cancer and with reduced overall survival in patients with lung cancer.
Objective:
-To allow sample acquisition for use in the study of mesothelioma and other mesothelin
expressing cancers.
Eligibility:
- All patients age greater than or equal to 2 years with malignant mesothelioma
- All patients age greater than or equal to 18 years with thymic carcinoma, pancreatic or
biliary adenocarcinoma or lung, gastric or ovarian cancers
- Must be able and willing to provide informed consent if 18 or over; parent or guardian
must be able and willing to provide consent for patients under the age of 18
Design:
- Up to 1000 subjects will be enrolled.
- Patients will be followed to determine the course of disease and to record any treatment
received for the eligible mesothelin expressing cancer.
- Patients will undergo sampling of blood, urine, tumor and abnormal body fluids for
tissue banking.
- Studies which may be performed on banked material include genetic and genomic studies,
establishment of cell cultures and immunologic studies.
- Malignant mesothelioma is a malignancy arising from the mesothelial cells of the pleura,
peritoneum, pericardium, or tunica vaginalis.
- Mesothelioma accounts for 0.10% of deaths annually in the United States. Malignant
pleural mesothelioma is the most common of these, comprising of 80% of the cases with an
annual incidence of about 2,500 in the United States.
- The median survival from diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma is approximately 12 months.
The majority of patients present with stage III or IV disease with 85-90% of patients
considered unresectable at diagnosis.
- Peritoneal mesothelioma has a better prognosis than pleural mesothelioma; nevertheless,
patients undergoing therapy for peritoneal mesothelioma have few well-studied treatment
options due in large part to the rarity of the disease.
- In addition to mesothelioma, mesothelin is highly expressed in several cancers,
including pancreatic, biliary adenocarcinomas, gastric and ovarian cancers; mesothelin
is also expressed in a significantly larger proportion of thymic carcinoma than thymoma.
- Mesothelin expression level has been correlated with improved overall survival in thymic
cancer and with reduced overall survival in patients with lung cancer.
Objective:
-To allow sample acquisition for use in the study of mesothelioma and other mesothelin
expressing cancers.
Eligibility:
- All patients age greater than or equal to 2 years with malignant mesothelioma
- All patients age greater than or equal to 18 years with thymic carcinoma, pancreatic or
biliary adenocarcinoma or lung, gastric or ovarian cancers
- Must be able and willing to provide informed consent if 18 or over; parent or guardian
must be able and willing to provide consent for patients under the age of 18
Design:
- Up to 1000 subjects will be enrolled.
- Patients will be followed to determine the course of disease and to record any treatment
received for the eligible mesothelin expressing cancer.
- Patients will undergo sampling of blood, urine, tumor and abnormal body fluids for
tissue banking.
- Studies which may be performed on banked material include genetic and genomic studies,
establishment of cell cultures and immunologic studies.
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- All patients greater than or equal to 2 years of age with malignant mesothelioma.
- All patients greater than or equal to18 years of age with thymic carcinoma, pancreatic
or biliary adenocarcinoma or lung, gastric or ovarian cancers.
- Confirmed pathological diagnosis is required
- Ability and willingness of subject to provide informed consent to participation.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Active symptomatic major organ disorder that would increase the risk of biopsy,
including but not limited to ischemic heart disease, recent myocardial infarction,
active congestive heart failure, pulmonary dysfunction.
- Pregnant or breast feeding women will be eligible for this protocol, but will not
undergo tumor biopsy.
- Active concomitant medical or psychological illnesses that may increase the risk to
the subject or in adult patients, inability to obtain informed consent, at the
discretion of the principal investigator.
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site
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Phone: 888-624-1937
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