An Investigation of Small Intestinal Carcinoid Carcinoma in Families

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Carcinoid Carcinoma

In brief

This proposed pilot study is to conduct detailed interviews into the medical, environmental, and family histories The second phase of this study project is to and to collect blood specimen to obtain DNA. The Blood specimen and DNA will be processed by the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (RUCDR) and stored for a second phase of this pilot. The purpose is to rule out Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN 1), and succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit D (SDHD), gene inactivation thought to be associated with different types of carcinoid cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00662168

Run by

Rutgers University

People needed

8

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-04-21

Who can join

Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Over the age of 18 years
• History of biopsy confirmed small intestinal carcinoid tumor
• English speaking
• Mentally and emotionally capable of answering questions
• Willing and available for study participation
• At least one first-degree family member with carcinoid tumor

You may not qualify if…

• If you are under the age of 18 years,
• If you have any mental or memory impairments
• If you are unable to understand the information in the informed consent document.

Where it is running

• Rutgers University College of Nursing — Newark, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)

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