Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Rutgers University

Code:

NCT00662168

Conditions

Carcinoid Carcinoma

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

This proposed pilot study is to conduct detailed interviews into the medical, environmental, and family histories The second phase of this study project is to and to collect blood specimen to obtain DNA. The Blood specimen and DNA will be processed by the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (RUCDR) and stored for a second phase of this pilot. The purpose is to rule out Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN 1), and succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit D (SDHD), gene inactivation thought to be associated with different types of carcinoid cancer.

Conditions

Carcinoid Carcinoma

Study ID

NCT00662168

Start date

Jan, 2008

Status verified date

Apr, 2008

Completion date

Nov, 2008

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov, 2008

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Over the age of 18 years
2. History of biopsy confirmed small intestinal carcinoid tumor
3. English speaking
4. Mentally and emotionally capable of answering questions
5. Willing and available for study participation
6. At least one first-degree family member with carcinoid tumor

Exclusion Criteria:

1. If you are under the age of 18 years,
2. If you have any mental or memory impairments
3. If you are unable to understand the information in the informed consent document.

Study Design

Enrollment

8 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

observation

Individuals with a diagnosis of carcinoid carcinoma

Primary outcome measure

  • identification of carcinoid in multiple family members [ Time Frame: lifetime history ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Nancy Gardner, PhD

973-991-1302gardnern@rutgers.edu or nancymgardner@msn.com

Locations

Rutgers University College of Nursing

Recruiting

Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07102

Contacts

Nancy Gardner, PhD

973-991-1302gardnern@rutgers.edu

Principal Investigator:

Nancy Gardner, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Rutgers University

Last update posted

Apr 21, 2008

Last verified

Apr, 2008

Keywords

  • carcinoid
  • familial
  • Collect and describe information about the medical and environmental factors associated with each cases of carcinoid carcinoma
  • Develop a genogram representing the family cancer history of cases of Carcinoid.

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Rutgers University on 2008-04-21.