Status:

COMPLETED

FR in Stored Plasma

Lead Sponsor:

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom

Conditions:

Ovarian Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

Brief Summary

The folate receptor (FR) is a cell over expressed on the surface of certain cancers, this occurs most frequently in ovarian cancers. Some normal tissues also express the FR, however in these normal ti...

Detailed Description

FR may be released from the cancer cells in the blood. We have developed a method in the laboratory which has been able to measure the FR obtained from cancer cells in culture which has been added int...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with ovarian cancer who have given informed consent to have blood collected for the plasma bank in the 'Pharmacogenetics and proteomics studies in patients receiving novel anticaner agents' study.

Exclusion

  • Patients who have withdrawn consent form their blood stored within the 'Pharmacogenetics and proteomics studies in patients receiving novel anticancer agents' study to be used for research.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2008

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

27 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00787514

Start Date

July 1 2008

End Date

February 1 2011

Last Update

May 23 2016

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Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT