Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Albany Medical College

Code:

NCT01125826

Conditions

Brain Tumor

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to culture primary human brain tumor cells with the specific aims of:

1. Develop primary cultures from human brain tumor surgical specimens
2. Determine the genetic and molecular fingerprints of brain tumors that may have prognostic significance
3. Delineate the mechanisms underlying oncogenesis of brain tumors.
4. Perform in vitro assays with brain tumor derived primary cultures to assess the efficacy of novel therapeutic agents.

Conditions

Brain Tumor

Study ID

NCT01125826

Start date

Apr, 2009

Status verified date

Apr, 2009

Completion date

Jun, 2012

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2012

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients 18 years of age or older undergoing surgical resection for glioma

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Under 18 years of age

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Yu-Hung Kuo, MD

518 262 5088kuoy@mail.amc.edu

Locations

Albany Medical Center

Recruiting

Albany, New York, United States, 12208

Contacts

Tyler Kenning, MD

kennint@mail.amc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Albany Medical College

Last update posted

Jun 27, 2011

Last verified

Apr, 2009

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Albany Medical College on 2011-06-27.