Status:
COMPLETED
Measurement of the Folate Receptor in Blood
Lead Sponsor:
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Conditions:
Healthy
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Brief Summary
The folate receptor (FR) is a cell marker that is over expressed on the cell surface of certain cancers, this occurs most frequently in ovarian cancers. Some normal tissues also express the FR, howeve...
Detailed Description
A method has been developed in the laboratory which has been able to measure FR obtained from cancer cells in culture that has been added into blood. We would like to study if this method can measure ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with stage III/IV ovarian cancer
- healthy volunteers who are staff at the ICR and RMH
Exclusion
- patients or healthy volunteers who are unable to give informed consent
- pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
7 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00838747
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
July 1 2011
Last Update
May 26 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
London, Sutton, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT