Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at UCSF
Dates
study started
study ends around
Principal Investigator
by Julie A. Sosa (ucsf)
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Julie A. Sosa

Description

Summary

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.

Official Title

Utilization of the Natural History of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma to Inform Advanced Disease Management

Details

Keywords

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, Carcinoma, Medullary Carcinoma, Thyroid Neoplasms, Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Thyroid Diseases, Blood Pressure Measurement

Eligibility

For people ages 18 years and up

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

Locations

  • University of California San Francisco accepting new patients
    San Francisco California 94143 United States
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center accepting new patients
    Houston Texas 77030 United States

Lead Scientist at University of California Health

  • Julie A. Sosa (ucsf)
    Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, MAMSE, FSSO, is the Leon Goldman MD Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), where she is also a Professor in the Department of Medicine and affiliated faculty for the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. Dr. Sosa came to UCSF in 2018 from Duke.

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Links
http://www.mdanderson.org
ID
NCT04216732
Study Type
Observational
Participants
Expecting 2030 study participants
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