Assessing the Clinical Effectiveness of Serum Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

Status: Recruiting
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Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults. The local treatment is effective, but patients still die of metastatic disease. It has been shown that early diagnosis of a few isolated metastases can result in a clean surgical excision of the metastases and an extension of the expected survival from 7-12 months to over 10 years on some patients. Many serum biomarkers are employed in Oncology. It makes sense to try the relevant ones in the diagnosis of metastatic uveal melanoma. The investigators hypothesis is that a soluble serum biomarker level changes upon development of metastatic disease either by secretion by the tumor cells themselves or by their environment. Detection of changes in biomarker level may lead to the diagnosis of metastases before they can be detected by imaging modalities, thus allowing for early treatment of the metastases and a better chance of success.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• diagnosis of uveal melanoma

Locations
Other Locations
Israel
Specialized Ocular Oncology Service, Hadassah-Hebrew-University Medical Center
RECRUITING
Jerusalem
Contact Information
Primary
Shahar Frenkel, MD, PhD
shahar@hadassah.org.il
+972-2-6776579
Time Frame
Start Date: 2011-09
Estimated Completion Date: 2040-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 250
Treatments
All
A cohort of all the patients.
Sponsors
Leads: Hadassah Medical Organization

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