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Melanoma (Skin)NCT00672321

Answering Questions About Vitamin D Supplementation and Sun Exposure in Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Stage IB, Stage II, or Stage IIIA Melanoma

An observational study of Melanoma (Skin), run by Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Gathering information about vitamin D supplementation and sun exposure in patients with melanoma may help doctors learn more about the disease and find what may affect cancer relapse. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Melanoma (Skin)
What is being tested?
gene expression analysis, mutation analysis and polymorphism analysis
How many people
2,774 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Dec 2007to Sep 2010
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosed with melanoma
  • Must meet either of the following conditions:
  • Resected stage IB, II, or IIIA disease that has relapsed as either stage III or IV disease (cases)
  • First loco regional and/or visceral relapse (with/without sentinel node biopsy)
  • No more than 3 months since first relapse
  • Resected stage IB, II, or IIIA disease that has not relapsed for ≥ 5 years (controls)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

    Leeds, England, LS9 7TF

    Contact Person, 44-113-206-6534, p.brunyee@leeds.ac.uk

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Melanoma Lifestyle Study

RATIONALE: Gathering information about vitamin D supplementation and sun exposure in patients with melanoma may help doctors learn more about the disease and find what may affect cancer relapse.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying vitamin D supplementation and sun exposure in patients who have undergone surgery for stage IB, stage II, or stage IIIA melanoma.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • To examine the findings of the pilot study, that vitamin D supplementation in combination with vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms protects from late relapse (after 3 years) in patients who have had melanoma.
  • To investigate the effects of vitamin D supplement dosage in reducing the risk of late relapse.
  • To examine if vitamin D supplementation in combination with particular VDR polymorphisms protects from early relapse (before 3 years).
  • To examine if serum levels of vitamin D correlate with risk of relapse in groups of patients with different VDR polymorphisms.
  • To examine the effect of vitamin supplementation and VDR status on time to relapse and survival in these patients.
  • To examine other factors that may affect risk of relapse by assembling a tissue (genomic DNA and serum) resource.
  • To investigate the effect of exposure to incidental drugs, such as statins, on risk of relapse in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to disease relapse in the past 5 years (yes vs no).

Patients are asked to complete a food frequency questionnaire focusing on vitamin D and the following area: supplementation of diet with vitamins/fish oil and duration of use; sun exposure and sunscreen-use per decade prior to and after diagnosis. Patients are also asked to provide a blood sample for serum and DNA analysis. Consenting patients are also tagged with the Office of National Statistics to allow passive follow up.

Stored tissue from the patient's primary melanoma may be used to corroborate research findings using immunohistochemistry or studies of gene expression, polymorphism, or mutation.

Conditions
Melanoma (Skin)
Being tested
gene expression analysis, mutation analysis, polymorphism analysis, laboratory biomarker analysis, questionnaire administration
Keywords
recurrent melanoma, stage IB melanoma, stage II melanoma, stage IIIA melanoma
Medical subject headings
Melanoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • gene expression analysisGenetic

  • mutation analysisGenetic

  • polymorphism analysisGenetic

  • laboratory biomarker analysisOther

  • questionnaire administrationOther

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Odds ratio (OR) for vitamin D supplementation in relapse

  2. OR for vitamin D supplementation in patients with specific VDR genotypes

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 May 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startDec 2007
  3. Primary completionSep 2010 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Enrolment
2,774 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00672321
Sponsor's protocol ID
LCC-MREC-07-H1010-66
Other IDs
CDR0000587987
Status last verified
Jul 2009
First submitted
3 May 2008
Last updated
12 Aug 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Melanoma (Skin), run by Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Aug 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Odds ratio (OR) for vitamin D supplementation in relapse. The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Aug 2013.

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