Natural History of Medullary Thyroid Cancer to Inform Advanced Disease Management

Study Purpose

This study utilizes a multi-institutional registry to describe the natural history of medullary thyroid cancer that has spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced) in understanding disease management. The goal of this study is to learn about how medullary thyroid cancer develops and progresses.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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No
Study Type

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Observational
Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Aims 1 and 2: A diagnosis of MTC.
  • - Aims 1 and 2: A registrant in the Medullary Thyroid Cancer Registry (MTCR).
Patients of all disease phases will be eligible for enrollment.
  • - Aim 3: A diagnosis of advanced phase (red or gray) MTC as determined by clinical team.
- Aim 3: A current registrant in the MTCR

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT04216732
Phase

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Lead Sponsor

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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Elizabeth G Grubbs
Principal Investigator Affiliation M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Other, NIH
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries United States
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Advanced Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma, Stage III Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVC Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma AJCC v8
Study Website: View Trial Website
Additional Details

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  • I. To describe the natural history of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) using a comprehensive battery of demographic, clinical, pathologic, and genotypic variables collected in our existing multi-institutional patient registry.
Ia. To describe the demographic, clinical, pathologic, and genotypic variables associated with each phase of disease. Ib. To identify those variables which are predictors of progression to the most advanced phases of disease that require small molecule therapy, including commercially approved and experimental agents.
  • II. To characterize patients' experience with the different phases of MTC through a systematic evaluation of patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
IIa. To describe clinical, psychosocial, economic, and physical well-being variables and the subsequent impact on quality of life associated with each phase of disease. IIb. To evaluate longitudinal changes in clinical, psychosocial, economic, and physical well-being variables between and within all phases of MTC, and the subsequent impact they have on quality of life.
  • III. To evaluate the association of selected biometric and patient-reported outcomes on adherence, change, and discontinuation of approved targeted therapies and drugs being tested within clinical trial.
OUTLINE: AIM I & II: Patients complete questionnaires over 10-40 minutes 2-4 times per year about health and how finances and quality of life effect experience with disease. AIM III: Patients complete a questionnaire over 2 minutes and undergo blood pressure measurements every day for up to 12 weeks. The questionnaire data gets paired with the collected medical record history that is maintained in the Registry.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

: Observational (questionnaire, blood pressure)

AIM I & II: Patients complete questionnaires over 10-40 minutes 2-4 times per year about health and how finances and quality of life effect experience with disease. AIM III: Patients complete a questionnaire over 2 minutes and undergo blood pressure measurements every day for up to 12 weeks.

Interventions

Other: - Blood Pressure Measurement

Undergo blood pressure measurement

Other: - Questionnaire Administration

Complete questionnaires

Contact a Trial Team

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University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, California, 94143

Site Contact

Julie A. Sosa

[email protected]

415-476-1236

M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030

Site Contact

Elizabeth G. Grubbs

[email protected]

713-792-6940

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