An Active Surveillance Program for Cases of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC)

Study Purpose

This study is conducted in the United States of America (USA). The aim of the study is to monitor the number of annual new adult cases of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and to establish a registry for these new cases in order to identify any possible increase related to the introduction of liraglutide, exenatide once-weekly, and other GLP-1 receptor agonists into the US market.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Observational [Patient Registry]
Eligible Ages	18 Years and Over
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- A record of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) identified from state/regional population-based cancer registries.

- At least 18 years or older.

There are no other inclusion or exclusion criteria.

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT01511393
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Novo Nordisk A/S
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Annette Stemhagen, DrPH, FISPE
Principal Investigator Affiliation	United BioSource, LLC
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Industry
Overall Status	Enrolling by invitation
Countries	United States
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Weight Management
Study Website:	View Trial Website

Additional Details

This active surveillance program will monitor for any signal indicating a possible association between treatment with long-acting GLP-1 RAs and the development of MTC in the United States population. Given the very low incidence of MTC in the general population, the expected rate of exposure to long-acting GLP-1 RAs, the anticipated long latency of the potential outcome under study and the limited data on underlying risk factors for development of MTC other than RET proto-oncogene mutations, an active surveillance program is the most efficient means of identifying a possible association between MTC and products in the long-acting GLP-1 RAs class. Given the uncertainty of the association of MTC in humans treated with these drugs, a study duration of at least fifteen years from the time of market introduction of the first long-acting GLP-1 RA was thought to provide evidence of an association, if one exists. If such an association is identified, a case-control study will be initiated to quantify the association. The MTC registry is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) post-marketing requirement for long-acting GLP-1 RA products. Because of the rarity of MTC and in order to minimize inconvenience to patients, physicians, and state cancer registries, FDA encouraged sponsors of long-acting GLP-1 RAs to work collaboratively to conduct this registry. Consequently, the MTC Registry Consortium has been formed for this purpose. The MTC Registry Consortium refers to the Sponsors with approved long-acting GLP-1 RAs who have a contractual agreement to participate in the MTC Registry. This active surveillance program for cases of MTC will be conducted with assistance from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR). NAACCR is a collaborative umbrella organization for cancer registries, government agencies, professional organizations, and private groups in North America interested in improving the quality and use of cancer registry data. All of the central cancer registries in the U.S. and Canada are members of NAACCR, including those that participate in SEER.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

: Questionnaire

None. Non-interventional study.

Interventions

Other: - No treatment given

None. Non-interventional study.

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United BioSource, LLC, Morgantown, West Virginia

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United BioSource, LLC

Morgantown, West Virginia, 26505-8065

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