Clinical trial NCT00406120: Validation of a Molecular Prognostic Test for Eye Melanoma
Official title: Validation of a Molecular Test for Predicting Metastasis in Patients With Uveal Melanoma
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Conditions: Uveal Neoplasms
Choroid Neoplasms
Iris Neoplasms
Keywords: eye
uvea
iris
choroid
ciliary body
melanoma
iris melanoma
choroidal melanoma
ciliary body melanoma
uveal melanoma
posterior uveal melanoma
prognosis
metastasis
genetic testing
molecular testing
gene expression profiling
Lead sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2006-12-04
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients have uveal melanoma and are being treated wither by enucleation or plaque radiotherapy.

Brief summary: Up to half of patients with ocular melanoma (also called iris, choroidal or uveal melanoma) develop metastasis. We have found that certain molecular features of the eye tumor can be detected by gene expression profiling and accurately predict which patients will develop metastasis. This molecular test could eventually allow high risk patients to receive preventative therapy to delay or prevent the development of metastasis. The goal of this study is to prospectively validate the predictive accuracy of the gene expression-based molecular test and compare it to monosomy 3, the most common but potentially less accurate molecular marker for metastasis in ocular melanoma.

Detailed description: We have discovered a gene expression profile derived from primary uveal melanomas that accurately predicts which patients will develop metastasis. Tumors with a class 1 gene expression signature have a very low risk, and those with a class 2 signature have a high risk of metastasis. The molecular test was initially performed on tissue obtained from enucleated eyes using commercial microarray platforms. We are now able to perform the molecular test on fine needle biopsy specimens, and we have developed a customized test that has greater dynamic range and sensitivity than commercial microarray platforms. The goal of this study is to validate the prognostic accuracy of the customized platform by performing the molecular test on primary uveal melanomas obtained from enucleation, local tumor resection or fine needle biopsy. Each sample will be diagnosed as either class 1, class 2 or indeterminate. Outcomes will be collected and the ability of the molecular diagnosis to predict metastasis will be evaluated at regular intervals.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* clinical diagnosis of melanoma of the iris, ciliary body and/or choroid
* treatment to include enucleation, radiotherapy or local tumor resection

Exclusion Criteria:

* evidence of marked tumor necrosis

Primary outcomes:
measure: Presentation of Primary Tumor to Metastasis
timeFrame: 60 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Washington University School of Medicine
state: Missouri
Study officials:
affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine
name: J. William Harbour, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Onken MD, Worley LA, Davila RM, Char DH, Harbour JW. Prognostic testing in uveal melanoma by transcriptomic profiling of fine needle biopsy specimens. J Mol Diagn. 2006 Nov;8(5):567-73. doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2006.060077.
citation: Onken MD, Ehlers JP, Worley LA, Makita J, Yokota Y, Harbour JW. Functional gene expression analysis uncovers phenotypic switch in aggressive uveal melanomas. Cancer Res. 2006 May 1;66(9):4602-9. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-4196.
citation: Onken MD, Lin AY, Worley LA, Folberg R, Harbour JW. Association between microarray gene expression signature and extravascular matrix patterns in primary uveal melanomas. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Oct;140(4):748-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.04.024.
citation: Faulkner-Jones BE, Foster WJ, Harbour JW, Smith ME, Davila RM. Fine needle aspiration biopsy with adjunct immunohistochemistry in intraocular tumor management. Acta Cytol. 2005 May-Jun;49(3):297-308. doi: 10.1159/000326153.
citation: Onken MD, Worley LA, Ehlers JP, Harbour JW. Gene expression profiling in uveal melanoma reveals two molecular classes and predicts metastatic death. Cancer Res. 2004 Oct 15;64(20):7205-9. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-1750.