Clinical Trials

Collecting and Storing Biological Samples From Patients With Ewing Sarcoma

Location:

Rochester,  MN

Trial status:

Open for Enrollment

Why is this study being done?

OBJECTIVES:

- Collect biological specimens, including associated demographic and clinical data, from patients with Ewing sarcoma.

- Provide a repository for long-term storage of Ewing sarcoma-related biological materials.

- Make collected specimens available to qualified researchers to understand the biology of Ewing sarcoma and correlate these results with demographic and clinical data.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients undergo collection of tumor specimens, bone marrow, and peripheral blood at diagnosis. Associated demographic and clinical data are collected and archived.

Patients who are not enrolled on a therapeutic clinical trial are followed annually.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Not specified.

Who is eligible to participate?

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma, including peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor and Askin tumor

- Newly diagnosed or recurrent disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- Not specified

Last updated: 11/22/2012

NCT ID: NCT00899990

IRB Number:08-001310