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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00588510
Date of registration: 24/12/2007
Primary sponsor: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Public title: Detection of Circulating Osteosarcoma Tumor Cells in the Blood of Patients Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction
Scientific title: Detection of Circulating Osteosarcoma Tumor Cells in the Blood of Patients Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction
Date of first enrolment: January 2000
Target sample size: 59
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00588510
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Paul Meyers, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with osteosarcoma are the study group

- Patients with malignant diagnoses other than osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma, Ewing's
sarcoma or synovial sarcoma may participate as controls

- Histologically proven osteosarcoma or a history of histologically proven osteosarcoma
are eligible for participation. The patient does not need to be newly diagnosed for
enrollment on this protocol

- Patients with malignant diagnosis other than osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma, Ewing's
sarcoma or synovial sarcoma are eligible to participate if they have a central venous
catheter and routine blood work is being drawn

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients less then three years of age

- Patients with Ewing's sarcoma, neuroblastoma and synovial sarcoma will be excluded
from this protocol



Age minimum: 3 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Osteosarcoma
Intervention(s)
Other: Blood draw
Primary Outcome(s)
To determine if circulating osteosarcoma cells can be reliably detected and quantitated in the blood of patients with localized and advanced osteosarcoma. [Time Frame: conclusion of the study]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To determine if the presence of circulating osteosarcoma tumor cells is associated with patient outcome. [Time Frame: conclusion of the study]
To determine the frequency circulating osteosarcoma cells can be detected in the blood of patients at diagnosis, during therapy, at the completion of all planned therapy and at relapse. [Time Frame: conclusion of the study]
Secondary ID(s)
99-120
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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