Detecting Abnormal Blood Clotting in Patients With Metastatic Cancer Undergoing Surgery

Completed

Conditions studied: Thromboembolism, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

RATIONALE: A test that detects abnormal blood clotting in patients with cancer may help doctors plan cancer surgery. PURPOSE: This laboratory study is looking at a new blood test to detect abnormal clotting in patients with metastatic cancer undergoing surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00096590

Run by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

People needed

60

Starts

2004-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-05-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

• National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike — Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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