araag2/TREC_Precision-Medicine huggingface dataset:
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: Imatinib in Patients With Mucosal or Acral/Lentiginous Melanoma

Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate how effective imatinib (Gleevec) is in treating acral/lentiginous and mucosal melanoma which has spread to other parts of the body in patients who's disease carries a c-kit mutation. Imatinib is a protein-kinase inhibitor. It is believed that imatinib may be effective in blocking signals on certain cancer cells which allow the malignant cells to multiply and spread.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES:
  Primary
  -  To determine the response rate of patients with metastatic mucosal, acral/lentiginous, or chronically sun damaged melanomas to treatment with of imatinib.
  -  To determine the time to progression.
  Secondary
  -  To correlate c-kit mutational status with response to therapy.
  -  To evaluate the use of FDG-PET scanning in determining early biologic response to therapy.
  -  Tolerability of imatinib.
  -  To assess amplification of c-kit status through quantitative PCR and/or FISH and other related molecular pathway targets.
  -  To correlate c-kit amplification status with response to therapy.

Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  Melanomas that arise on chronically sun damaged skin and have pathologic evidence of solar elastosis
  -  History of primary mucosal or acral/lentiginous melanoma
  -  Histologically documented stage IV metastatic melanoma
  -  ECOG performance status 0,1, or 2
  -  Estimated life expectancy of 6 months or greater
  -  Age 18 years or older
  -  Creatinine < 1.5 x ULN
  -  ANC > 1500 ul
  -  Platelets > 100,000 ul
  -  Total bilirubin, AST, and ALT < 2 x ULN
  -  Amylase and lipase < 1.5 x ULN
  -  C-kit mutation documented from either primary or metastatic tumor site
  -  > 4 weeks from prior chemotherapy or investigational drug
  -  At least one measurable site of disease as defined by at least 1 cm in greatest dimension
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  Severe and/or uncontrolled medical disease
  -  Pregnant or nursing mothers
  -  Any other significant medical, surgical, or psychiatric condition that my interfere with compliance
  -  Patient is < 5 years free of another primary malignancy except: basal cell skin cancer or a cervical carcinoma in situ
  -  Concurrent treatment with Warfarin
  -  Prior treatment with c-kit inhibitor
  -  Patient with Grade III/IV cardiac problems as defined by NYHA criteria
  -  No H2 blockers or proton pump inhibitors
  -  Known brain metastasis
  -  Known chronic liver disease
  -  Known diagnosis of HIV infection
  -  Previous radiotherapy to > 25% of the bone marrow
  -  Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to study entry
  -  Patient has received any other investigational agent within 28 days of first study drug dosing
  -  Chemotherapy within 4 weeks prior to study entry

Relevance to patient case: possibly relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: Evaluation of Pigmented Skin Lesions With MelaFind(R) System

Summary: The purpose of this clinical trial is to demonstrate that MelaFind®, a new instrument that uses machine vision for non-invasive early detection of cutaneous pigmented malignant melanoma, is safe and effective. MelaFind® acquires digital images of the lesion with illumination in different spectral bands, from visible to near infrared, and automatically analyzes these images. Diagnostic accuracy of MelaFind® and that of study dermatologists will be evaluated. The reference standard will be final interpretation of lesions by central dermatohistopathology.


Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  The lesion is pigmented (i.e., melanin, keratin, blood)
  -  Clinical management of the lesion by the examining dermatologist is either biopsy of the lesion in toto, or 3-month follow-up of the lesion
  -  The diameter of the pigmented area is between 2 and 22 millimeters
  -  The lesion is accessible to the MelaFind hand-held imaging device
  -  The patient, or a legally authorized representative, has consented to participate in the study and has signed the Informed Consent Form
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  The patient has a known allergy to isopropyl alcohol
  -  The lesion has been previously biopsied, excised, or traumatized
  -  The skin is not intact (e.g., open sores, ulcers, bleeding)
  -  The lesion is within 1 cm of the eye
  -  The lesion is on mucosal surfaces (e.g., lips, genitals)
  -  The lesion is on palmar hands
  -  The lesion is on plantar feet
  -  The lesion is on or under nails
  -  The lesion is located on or in an area of visible scarring
  -  The lesion contains foreign matter (e.g., tattoo, splinter, marker)

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: Study of Families With Melanoma

Summary: RATIONALE: A study that evaluates patients' lifestyle, skin, and blood and tissue samples may help doctors understand the risk factors for melanoma relapse.
  PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the risk factors for melanoma in families with melanoma.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES:
  Primary
  -  Determine what lifestyle factors and which genes govern relapse from melanoma.
  Secondary
  -  Compare sun exposure and genes that cause melanoma in patients with melanoma vs healthy participants.
  -  Assess how unusual moles relate to sun exposure and genes that cause melanoma.
  OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, cohort study.
  Patients and healthy participants complete lifestyle questionnaires by mail and telephone. Some patients* and healthy participants undergo a skin examination to count moles and classify skin type (e.g., degree of freckling and wrinkling indicative of sun damage).
  NOTE: *Patients diagnosed with primary invasive melanoma after September 2005 do not need to consent to a skin examination.
  Patients and healthy participants also undergo blood collection for lymphocyte analysis, DNA extraction, and the measurement of minerals, vitamins, and beta carotene. Tissue samples from original diagnosis are examined by immunohistochemistry for gene expression and mutations, including CDKN2A and CDK4.
  Patients and healthy participants are followed annually.
  Peer reviewed and funded or endorsed by Cancer Research UK
  PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3,700 patients and healthy participants will be accrued for this study.

Eligibility: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  -  Meets 1 of the following criteria:
  -  Newly diagnosed primary invasive melanoma (patient group)
  -  Lentigo maligna malignant melanoma allowed
  -  Rare variants of melanoma allowed, including any of the following:
  -  Acral lentiginous
  -  Subungual
  -  Ear, nose, and throat
  -  Oropharyngeal
  -  Perineal
  -  Vaginal
  -  Vulval
  -  Rectal
  -  Nodal with no known primary
  -  Patients undergoing sentinel node biopsy are eligible
  -  No in situ melanoma, melanocytic intraepidermal neoplasia, or ocular melanoma
  -  Healthy participant meeting either of the following criteria (control group):
  -  Relative of a patient who was diagnosed with melanoma after September 2005
  -  Healthy volunteer who is age- and sex-matched for patients who were diagnosed with melanoma before October 2005
  PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  -  Not specified
  PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  -  Not specified

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: High-resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans to Look for Spread of Melanoma to Nearby Lymph Nodes

Summary: The study is designed to see if a high-resolution MRI scan of lymph node areas near where a melanoma has been removed from the skin can pick up the spread of melanoma to those lymph nodes with a high degree of accuracy.

Detailed description: When a melanoma of the skin is diagnosed, there is some chance it can spread to nearby lymph nodes, and from there to other parts of the body. Currently, patients with melanoma at low risk for spreading to lymph nodes do not get the lymph nodes assessed except by a physical exam. Those at high risk for spreading to lymph nodes get one or more lymph nodes removed surgically to check for melanoma spread. But physical exam alone will often miss small areas of melanoma in lymph nodes; removal of lymph nodes by surgery is painful and can cause complications. Neither assessment tool is optimal.
  This study is designed to see if use of very high-resolution contrast-enhanced MRI scans of lymph node areas near the primary melanoma site in the skin can accurately detect small areas of melanoma spread to those lymph nodes. If this turns out to be the case, in the future, MRI scans could potentially be an alternative for assessing lymph nodes, compared to physical exams alone or surgical removal of the lymph nodes.
  In this study, patients with low risk melanoma will receive very high-resolution MRI scans of nearby lymph nodes every 6 months for 5 years of follow-up. If the MRI looks abnormal, the lymph nodes will be biopsied, and results from the biopsy compared to the results from the MRI.
  Patients with high risk melanoma will get a baseline MRI of the nearby lymph nodes, and then one or more lymph nodes will be removed (usually by sentinel lymph node biopsy) regardless of the MRI results. Again, results from the biopsy will be compared to the results from the MRI. MRI's will still be repeated every 6 months to assess whether lymph nodes not removed at surgery develop any changes.
  We plan to enroll 200 patients on this study and by the end of the study will have a measure of the sensitivity and specificity of high-resolution MRI scans in the detection of melanoma involvement of regional lymph nodes.

Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  history of invasive cutaneous melanoma stages 1-3 within 2 years of treatment of the melanoma by primary excision
  -  eligible whether or not a sentinel lymph node biopsy or regional lymph node dissection has been performed
  -  adequate renal function (creatinine 2 or less)
  -  life expectancy 2 years of more
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  history of severe claustrophobia precluding MRI scans
  -  known hypersensitivity or other contraindication to gadolinium contrast
  -  known presence of metastatic melanoma at sites beyond regional lymph nodes (stage 4)

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: MicroRNA Expression and Function in Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

Summary: Spectrophotometric intracutaneous analysis (SIAscopy) is a new technique for imaging pigmented skin lesions and for diagnosing melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. The SIAscope is a portable system comprising of a laptop computer connected to a small handheld skin probe equipped with a light source. The skin lesion is interrogated with light of different wavelengths and the reflection spectra analysed by proprietary algorithms showing distribution, position and quantity of melanin, blood and collagen within the papillary dermis (the SIAgraphs). Earlier studies generated promising results and documented >80% specificity and sensitivity of SIAscopy for melanoma diagnosis. It has been suggested that this technique could be used for the initial screening and selection of pigmented lesion for excision. In this work we addressed the usefulness of SIAscopy for the clinical diagnosis of pigmented malignant melanoma in a prospective, blinded design.


Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  Pigmented lesion
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  No pigmented lesion

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: Pharmacokinetics of G3139 in Subjects With Advanced Melanoma, Including Those With Normal Hepatic Function and Those With Moderate Hepatic Impairment

Summary: This is an open-label, parallel-group study with a total of 16 evaluable subjects. Subjects will be assigned to 1 of the following cohorts: Cohorts I (subjects with normal hepatic function; n+8 and Cohort II (subjects with moderate hepatic impairment, Child-Pugh classification Grade B; n=8). If, for any reason, the Genasense infusion is interrupted or discontinued prior to completion or the rate of administration of the Genasense infusion is changed, the subject will be replaced.


Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  Histologically confirmed diagnosis of malignant melanoma
  -  Metastatic Stage IV disease, or Stage III disease that is not surgically resectable
  -  ECOG Performance status of 0,1,or 2
  -  Adequate venous access
  -  Agreement to practice effective methods of birth control
  -  Hepatically impaired consistent with Child-Pugh classification Grade B
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  Chronic intravascular coagulopathy confirmed by the presence of fibrinogen degradation products, metastases to the liver, or exudative ascites
  -  Prior organ allograft
  -  Requirement for concomitant anticoagulant therapy (with the exception of 1 mg/day of warfarin for central line prophylaxis) while receiving protocol therapy
  -  Known hypersensitive to DTIC
  -  Prior treatment with Genasense

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: A Pilot Study to Evaluate Optical Spectroscopy of Pigmented Skin Lesions

Summary: The incidence of malignant melanoma has increased dramatically in recent decades. In 1930, the lifetime risk of an individual in the United States developing melanoma was 1 in 1,500. This has been exponentially increasing over the years with the risk estimated to be 1 in 75 in 2000 . According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 59,580 new cases of melanoma will be diagnosed in the United States in 2005 and about 7,770 people are expected to die of the disease.

Detailed description: The researcher ucan use special imaging devices to obtain information about a typical mole and melanoma and use this information to determine the different between malignant and benign melanized lesions. The imaging devices are, Modified Two Layer Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy,multi-spectral imaging, and Spatially Modulated Quantitative Spectroscopy can use to measure atypical moles and melanoma and correlate the results of the biopsy tissue histology.
  The imaging devices can quantify melanin, oxy and deoxy hemoglobin concentration, water, lipid and reduced scattering coefficients and can compare results to histopathologic. Atypical moles and melanoma have a different optical profile based on physiological parameters compared to benign nevus.

Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  18 years or older.
  -  Have atypical mole/s and melanoma
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  Age less than 18 years old.
  -  have NO atypical mole/s and melanoma

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: Chest Physiotherapy After Bariatric Aurgery - A Comparison Between Incentive Spirometry and Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure (Epap)

Summary: Objective: To compare the effects of the EPAP and the incentive spirometry flow-oriented in the pulmonary function after bariatric surgery.
  Method: Twenty-eight women, non-smokers, with no lung disease and BMI of 35-49,99 kg/m2, undergoing bariatric surgery by laparoscopy, were studied. Before surgery the patients were divided in two groups: Spirometer Group (SG) (n=13) and EPAP Group (EG) (n=15). Pulmonary function was evaluated by spirometry, thoracoabdominal (cirtometry) and diaphragmatic motion, on the preoperative and on the second postoperative day. Physiotherapy started on the day of surgery, each modality (incentive spirometry or EPAP) performed lasting 15 minutes. The deambulation and active exercises of upper and lower limbs were standardized for groups.


Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  Obese with body mass index between: 35 e 50 kg/m2
  -  Non-smokers
  -  No lung disease
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  Unable to perform the evaluation tests
  -  Not signed the consentment term

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: Feasibility and Functionality of fPAM Imaging in Melanoma

Summary: Melanoma is a cutaneous malignancy that has the potential for local (skin) and regional (lymph node) recurrence. These recurrences may be difficult to detect in their earliest stages. We are attempting to use novel form of skin imaging that uses ultrasound combined with laser to identify these recurrences early, when they may be most amenable to treatment. This imaging will detect melanoma pigment below the surface of the skin and in the draining lymph nodes, as well as new blood vessel formation that occurs with these loco-regional metastases.

Detailed description: recruiting healthy individuals with pigmented lesions and individuals with melanoma and pigmented lesions

Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  Adult patients (> 18 yrs of age) with recently diagnosed or a history of, Stage I - III melanoma who are able to give informed consent.
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  Patients with melanomas < 1mm.
  -  Pregnant females.
  -  Children and young adults < 18 yrs of age and patients who are unable to give informed consent.

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: Comparison of Video-Based Versus Written Patient Education on Melanoma

Summary: The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of video-based patient education with written instruction on subjects' understanding of melanoma.

Detailed description: We plan to conduct a randomized, controlled trial comparing the effect of video-based patient education with written instruction on subjects' understanding of melanoma.
  Subjects randomized to the video-based education arm will be instructed to watch a video on the definition of melanoma, risk factors associated with the development of melanoma, and signs that should prompt an evaluation for melanoma. Subjects randomized to the written education arm will receive written information on the definition of melanoma, risk factors associated with the development of melanoma, and signs that should prompt an evaluation for melanoma. The contents of the video and the written educational materials will be comparable.
  At the end of the study period 1 month later, subjects will be interviewed via telephone regarding their understanding of melanoma. Subjects will also be interviewed regarding their comprehension and attitude towards video-based and written education materials.

Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  18 years of age or older at time of consent, may be men or women.
  -  Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
  -  Capable of giving informed consent.
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  Non-English speaking individuals.

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: Genetic Risk Factors and Acquired Oncogenic Mutations of Melanoma

Summary: Though it is generally accepted that exposure to sunlight is a major causative factor for skin cancer, the risk for developing melanoma is not directly linked to sun exposure such as in non-melanoma skin cancer. Therefore, a dual pathway has been proposed, distinguishing melanoma that develops on skin that is chronically exposed to sunlight from those that occur on skin that is normally protected. The risk for each type of melanoma is believed to be determined in part by genetic factors. To define these markers reproducibly, the investigators plan to establish a large cohort with comprehensive information regarding sun sensitivity (skin type), history of experienced sun exposure, skin pigmentation phenotypes, total number of nevi, and other types of skin tumors in a central European population. The investigators will obtain blood from all participants for DNA as well as serum analyses. Based on the finding that genetic variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene, associated with red hair and fair skin, have been shown to be associated with increased risk for melanoma, particularly those harboring BRAF mutations, the investigators will now focus on the study of recently discovered genetic variants associated with pigmentation. Furthermore, the investigators will study the relation of these variants with oncogenic mutations of melanoma in BRAF, RAS and c-Kit. The study of other genetic variants will follow, once a sufficiently large cohort has been established to reveal an independent genetic risk factor in a multivariate analysis including potential covariates as mentioned above. The identification of genetic risk factors for melanoma will not only help identify individuals with increased risk but also improve our understanding of the molecular background of the development of melanoma.


Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  patients with or without melanoma
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  HIV and Hepatitis C positive individuals.

Relevance to patient case: not relevant
Patient case: 56-year-old female with melanoma; genetic feature: KIT (L576P), KIT amplification

Clinical trial: GeneSearch™ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Assay China Registration Study

Summary: The primary objective of this trial is to compare GeneSearch™ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Test Kit to permanent pathological section, so as to evaluate the clinical sensitivity and specificity of GeneSearch™ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Test Kit in detecting axillary sentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients.
  The secondary objective of this trial is to evaluate the positive predictive value and negative predictive value of GeneSearch™ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Test Kit when used in the detection of axillary sentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients.
  Prospective and multi-center clinical trial


Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria:
  -  Diagnosed previously as breast cancer
  -  patient scheduled for sentinel lymph node dissection
  -  18 years or older
  -  female or male, and
  -  able and willing to give consent to participate in the study
  Exclusion Criteria:
  -  Patients taking part in other research studies that would interfere with their full participation in this study, or
  -  Prior sentinel or partial axillary lymphadenectomy on the same body side

Relevance to patient case: not relevant