Do Your Genes Put You at a Higher Risk of Developing Mesothelioma

Completed

Conditions studied: Mesothelioma

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the possibility that a person's genes put a person at a higher risk of developing mesothelioma. The investigators will examine genes from DNA (genetic material) isolated from blood. This study will also examine the impact of environmental and work exposures and family history of common cancers on the development of mesothelioma. The genetic markers in this study will basically identify how a person's body processes frequently encountered environmental pollutants and will not tell about chromosomes, specific diseases, or other potential health problems.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01590472

Run by

Wake Forest University

People needed

69

Starts

2011-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects able to provide informed consent who suffer from mesothelioma

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to provide informed consent
• Absence of mesothelioma in self

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
• New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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