Selenoproteins as Prognostic Markers and Therapeutic Targets in Breast Cancer.

NCT ID: NCT05817227

Last Updated: 2025-12-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-05-19

Study Completion Date

2027-11-19

Brief Summary

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This is multicentric, spontaneous, observational, retrospective and prospective study.

Detailed Description

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In the retrospective part of the study, Tissue Microarrays (TMA) will be prepared from surgical samples of breast tissue from a series of patients with TNBC type breast cancer.

In the prospective part of the study will be evaluated the expression of some selenoproteins by ELISA in plasma samples obtained from up to 100 healthy subjects and about 300 (\~100 per year) patients with basally metastatic TNBC breast cancer (150) and metastatic (150) before any treatment.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* TNBC breast cancer patients, before any drug treatment
* healthy women aged 25-60

Exclusion Criteria

* donors suffering from diabetes, hypertension, active infectious states, HIV infection, Hepatitis B or C, chronic inflammatory diseases, current or previous neoplasms, heart disease or drug treatment.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute, Naples

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Alfredo Budillon, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

IRCCS I.N.T. "G. Pascale"

Susan Costantini, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

IRCCS I.N.T. "G. Pascale"

Locations

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Istituto Nazionale Tumori - Fondazione "G.Pascale", IRCCS

Napoli, Napoli, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena

Roma, Roma, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Italy

Central Contacts

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Elena Di Gennaro, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 08117770584

Email: [email protected]

Susan Costantini, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 08251911729

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Alfredo Budillon, M.D.

Role: primary

Susan Costantini, PhD

Role: backup

Patrizia Vici, M.D.

Role: primary

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Other Identifiers

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SELEBREC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

57/21oss

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id