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Genetic Markers in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00014079
First received: April 10, 2001
Last updated: February 6, 2009
Last verified: June 2005
History of Changes
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Determination of genetic markers for colorectal cancer may improve the identification of patients who are at highest risk for relapse.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the importance of genetic markers for detecting relapse in patients with colorectal cancer.


Condition Intervention
Colorectal Cancer
 Genetic: DNA stability analysis
Genetic: loss of heterozygosity analysis
Genetic: microsatellite instability analysis

Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Clinical Significance of Genetic Markers in Colon Cancer

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date: September 1997
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the clinical and pathologic significance of unstable DNA elements in colorectal cancer (tumor microsatellite instability).
  • Determine the clinical and pathologic significance of loss of heterozygosity for chromosomes 5, 8, 17, and 18 (as the primary targets) and of chromosomes 1, 14, and 22 (as the secondary targets) in colorectal cancer.

OUTLINE: DNA is examined for unstable elements (microsatellite instability and loss of heterozygosity) by analyzing at least 10 separate (CA)n-repeats localized to 5 separate chromosomes (5q, 8p, 15, 17p, and 18q). Loss of heterozygosity is analyzed for at least four chromosomal arms (5q, 8p, 17p, and 18q) and later other chromosomes (e.g., 1, 14, and 22). Immunohistochemistry is used to test for the presence or absence of the genes involved in DNA mismatch repair (hMLH1 and hMSH2).

Patients do not receive the results of the genetic testing and the results do not influence the type or duration of treatment.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: This study will accrue up to 708 specimens.

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Must have had a resectable adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum and must have participated in one of the following NCCTG randomized clinical trials:

    • 784852: No Treatment Control Versus Levamisole Versus Levamisole Plus Fluorouracil (5-FU)
    • 794604: No Treatment Control Versus 5-FU by Portal Vein Infusion
    • 794751: Postoperative Radiation Versus Postoperative Radiation Plus Sequential Chemotherapy with Methyl CCNU and 5-FU
    • 844652: An Intergroup Study - An Evaluation of Levamisole Plus 5-FU as Surgical Adjuvant Treatment for Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Colon
    • 864751: Phase III Protocol for Surgical Adjuvant Therapy of Rectal Carcinoma: A Controller Evaluation of (A) Protracted-Infusion 5-FU as a Radiation Enhancer and (B) 5-FU Plus Methyl-CCNU Chemotherapy
    • 874651: M/N - A Controller Evaluation of Recombinant Interferon-gamma (IFL GM) and 5-FU and Folinic Acid With or Without Levamisole as Adjuvant Treatment for Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Colon
    • 894651: A Controller Phase III Evaluation of 5-FU Combined With Levamisole and Leucovorin as Adjuvant Treatment for Resectable Colon Cancer
  • Tissue blocks from the primary colorectal cancer must have been received by the NCCTG operations office

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • Not specified

Performance status

  • Not specified

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Not specified

Hepatic

  • Not specified

Renal

  • Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • Not specified

Surgery

  • Not specified
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00014079

Locations
United States, Arizona
CCOP - Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Oncology Program
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259-5404
United States, Florida
Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
United States, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
Sponsors and Collaborators
North Central Cancer Treatment Group
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
Study Chair: Steven R. Alberts, MD Mayo Clinic
  More Information

Additional Information:
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00014079     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000065549, NCCTG-934655
Study First Received: April 10, 2001
Last Updated: February 6, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
colon cancer
rectal cancer

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Colonic Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
 Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Rectal Diseases

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