Studies of Neurological Paraneoplastic Syndromes

NCT ID: NCT00587106

Last Updated: 2009-03-30

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

1988-04-30

Study Completion Date

2009-03-31

Brief Summary

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This study is for patients with cancer, a known paraneoplastic syndrome, or neurological problems that suggest a paraneoplastic syndrome.

Detailed Description

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Patients usually go to their doctors with neurological complaints and later find they have cancer, a known paraneoplastic syndrome, or neurological problems that suggest a paraneoplastic syndrome. Paraneoplastic syndromes are rare conditions in which the immune system is involved in causing brain damage and fighting cancer.

Such patients with paraneoplastic neurologic degenerations(PNDs) may have autoantibodies, an antibody or protein the immune system creates that is directed against his or her own proteins. This study aims to better understand PNDS by:

* analyzing for autoantibodies in serum and cerebral spinal fluid
* analyzing for antigen specificity and for antigens in cancer tissue
* comparing PND autoantibodies with those in cancer patients but no PND
* comparing PND autoantibodies with those in PND patients but no cancer
* studying the immune performance of patients with PNDs

As this study is not a treatment study, tissues for this study will only come from procedures necessary for the patient's treatment.

Conditions

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Paraneoplastic Neurologic Degenerations (PNDs)

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

One cohort group of patient with PNDS or suspected PNDS

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All adults are potentially eligible.

Exclusion Criteria

* None.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Principal Investigators

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Jerome Posner, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.mskcc.org

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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88-044

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id