Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Endometrial Carcinoma

NCT ID: NCT03553589

Last Updated: 2018-12-05

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-01

Study Completion Date

2021-06-01

Brief Summary

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Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most frequent gynecological malignancy but there is currently lack of both non-invasive diagnostic tools and novel markers to stratify patients based on their risk of future recurrence. Patient care could be improved by advances in these two aspects.

In the present study, the investigators aim to identify diagnostic serum metabolite and protein biomarker signatures for early detection of cancer in asymptomatic high-risk population and prognostic biomarkers for selection of patients with poor prognosis.

Detailed Description

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Rationale: Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most frequent gynaecological malignancy in the developed world. Optimal treatment of EC depends on early diagnostics and pre-operative stratification to appropriately select the extent of surgery and to plan further therapeutic approach. Currently, invasive endometrial histology is the gold standard for diagnosis, as there are no valid non-invasive methods available, and patient stratification is based on histopathology and surgical findings. There is a great need for efficient and reliable screening test for asymptomatic women with high risk of EC including Lynch syndrome patients and tamoxifen treated patients. In addition, a prognostic test is needed to stratify pre-operatively EC patients with high risk of progression in need of radical surgery together with adjuvant chemo/ratio therapy from EC patients with good prognosis. In this project the investigators are addressing this lack of non-invasive diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of EC.

Objective: the investigators aim to identify diagnostic serum metabolite and protein biomarker signatures for early detection of cancer in asymptomatic high-risk population and (secondary objective) prognostic biomarkers for selection of patients with poor prognosis.

Conditions

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Endometrial Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Cases

Women older than 18 years and diagnosed with endometrial cancer will be included. Blood sampling will be performed on all subjects and will be used for proteomics and metabolomics analyses.

Blood sampling

Intervention Type OTHER

Blood sampling (10 mL) prior to standard care (e.g. surgery, medical treatment)

controls

Women older than 18 years and with a benign endometrial disturbance will be included. Blood sampling will be performed on all subjects and will be used for proteomics and metabolomics analyses.

Blood sampling

Intervention Type OTHER

Blood sampling (10 mL) prior to standard care (e.g. surgery, medical treatment)

Interventions

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Blood sampling

Blood sampling (10 mL) prior to standard care (e.g. surgery, medical treatment)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* endometrioid, serous, clear cell or mucinous endometrial cancer
* dedifferentiated endometrial cancer
* high grade or low grade endometrial cancer


* benign uterine diseases, e.g. myoma uteri, prolapsed uterus
* prophylactic hysterectomy for Lynch syndrome

Exclusion Criteria

* atypical hyperplasia
* other types of cancer
* sarcoma uteri
* previous diagnosis of endometrial cancer


* any cancer
* benign ovarian diseases
* previous EC
* pregnancy at the time of enrollment
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medical University of Lublin

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Andrea Romano

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Andrea Romano

PhD. Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Andrea Romano

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Maastricht University Medical Centre

Tea Lanišnik Rižner, Prof. Dr.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Locations

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Maastricht University Medical Centre

Maastricht, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Maxima Medical Centre

Veldhoven, , Netherlands

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Lublin Medical University

Lublin, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana

Ljubljana, , Slovenia

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

University Medical Centre, Ljubljana

Ljubljana, , Slovenia

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Netherlands Poland Slovenia

Central Contacts

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Andrea Romano, Dr.

Role: CONTACT

+31 433881286

Roy Kruitwagen, Prof. Dr.

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Andrea Romano, dr.

Role: primary

+31 43 3881286

Marlies Bongers, Prof. dr.

Role: primary

Andrzej Semczuk, Prof

Role: primary

+48 81 7244262

Tea Lanišnik Rižner, Prof. dr.

Role: primary

+386 1543 7657

Špela Smrkolj, Prof. Dr.

Role: primary

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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NL63773

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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