Completed
Familial Prostate Cancer
What is being collected
Data Collection
Who is being recruted
Urogenital Diseases+10
+ Genital Diseases
+ Genital Diseases, Male
How is the trial designed
Observational
Study Start: December 1993
Summary
Principal SponsorNational Cancer Institute (NCI)
Last updated: March 4, 2008
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Study start date: December 1, 1993
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.The purpose of this study is to identify affected individuals in families with prostate cancer and to use this information to identify genetic markers closely-linked to the disease gene.
Principal SponsorNational Cancer Institute (NCI)
Last updated: March 4, 2008
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
200 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Urogenital DiseasesGenital DiseasesGenital Diseases, MaleGenital Neoplasms, MaleCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesNeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteProstatic DiseasesUrogenital NeoplasmsGenetic Diseases, InbornMale Urogenital DiseasesNeoplastic Syndromes, HereditaryProstatic Neoplasms
Criteria
Families will be identified with two or more first degree relatives affected with prostate cancer or with one male with prostate cancer that developed before age 55. Must have clinical evidence of prostate cancer in the family.
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 1 location
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Bethesda, United StatesOpen National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Google MapsCompletedOne Study Center