Clinical trial NCT00565903: Elucidating the Genetic Basis of the Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PPB) Familial Cancer Syndrome
Official title: Elucidating the Genetic Basis of the Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PPB) Familial Cancer Syndrome
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
Cystic Nephroma
Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor of Ovary
Medulloepithelioma
Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma of Cervix
Goiter
Sarcoma
Pineoblastoma
Pituitary Tumors
Wilms Tumor
Keywords: pleuropulmonary blastoma
PPB
cystic nephroma
DICER1
miRNA
Lead sponsor: Children's National Research Institute
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2007-11-30
Enrollment: 1247
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 1
Maximum age (years): 95
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: FAMILY_BASED
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Families who have a child or adult with pleuropulmonary blastoma or cystic nephroma are invited to participate.

Brief summary: Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PPB) is a rare lung tumor which develops in childhood. The underlying genetic factors which contribute to the development and progression of PPB are not defined. We are working to identify the genetic factors which may contribute to the development of this rare tumor.

Detailed description: Studies of inherited cancer syndromes have provided unique opportunities to uncover and explain important cellular pathways with broad relevance to both sporadic cancers and human development. This proposal studies the cancer predisposition syndrome originally described as a familial form of pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB). PPB is a rare, aggressive lung cancer that affects young children. Children with PPB and/or their family members are at increased risk for a number of rare conditions, including Wilms tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, brain tumors, ovarian tumors and nodular hyperplasia of the thyroid gland. In 2009, we mapped a PPB locus and identified germline, loss of function mutations in one copy of DICER1 as the genetic basis of this syndrome. DICER1 encodes a protein that performs the final critical step in maturation of microRNAs (miRNAs). miRNAs are an important form of gene regulation. The syndrome's varied nature is likely attributable to the various roles of miRNAs during different developmental and/or functional circumstances. This study focuses on defining the full phenotype of this cancer predisposition syndrome including penetrance, expressivity in children and adults, pathologic classification of disease and spectrum of predisposing DICER1 mutations. Improved understanding of the clinical and genetic features of this cancer predisposition syndrome is essential to facilitate early diagnosis when the diseases are most curable, and to create genetic counseling and educational materials to guide medical care.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Child or adult diagnosed with pleuropulmonary blastoma, cystic nephroma, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of uterine cervix, ovarian Sertoli-Leydig tumor or gynandroblastoma, pineoblastoma, pituitary blastoma, nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma, medulloepithelioma, Wilms tumor, germline or mosaic DICER1 mutation

Exclusion Criteria:

* child or adult who does not fit inclusion criteria as listed above

Primary outcomes:
measure: Identify the genetic factors which contribute to the development or progression of pleuropulmonary blastoma
timeFrame: 10 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Define the clinical features of the pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) familial cancer syndrome.
timeFrame: 10 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: Children's National Medical Center
state: District of Columbia
Study officials:
affiliation: Children's National Research Institute
name: D. Ashley Hill, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota
name: Kris Ann Schultz, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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