Environmental Pollutants and the Risk of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Pilot Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00611078

Enrollment

Registered

2008-02-08

Start date

2004-09-30

Completion date

2011-01-31

Last updated

2011-01-20

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Conditions

Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Keywords

Soft Tissue Sarcoma, environment, pollutants, 04-088

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of conducting a large hospital based case control study of the role of dioxins and dioxinlike polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 79 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with Soft tissue sarcoma at MSKCC are eligible for this study if they meet the following criteria: * Between 18 and 79 years of age * were diagnosed within the previous 6 months with primary soft tissue sarcoma of one of the following histologic subtypes: liposarcoma, leiomyoscaroma, MFH, or synovial sarcoma * are enrolled in protocol 02-060 (Novel Biochemical and Molecularr Determinants for Soft Tissue Sarcoma; PI, Dr. Samuel Singer) * controls will be eligibile for this study if they meet the following criteria * are b/w 18-79 years of age * have no prior history of cancer (other than non melanoma skin cancer)

Exclusion criteria

* Individuals will be excluded if they * are unable to sign informed consent for medical or other reasons * do not speak english

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
enrollment of 60 participants	Conclusion of the study

Countries

United States

Outcome results