Official Title: The Incidence Inheritance and Prognostic Significance of Polymorphisms in the RASSF1A Gene in Children With Wilms Tumors
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2016-05
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
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Brief Summary: RATIONALE Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer
PURPOSE This laboratory study is looking at DNA variations in the RASSF1A gene in young patients with Wilms tumor
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES
Primary
Determine the presence of the A133S polymorphism in the RASSF1A tumor suppressor gene by screening germline DNAs of children with Wilms tumor Determine the inheritance pattern of the A133S polymorphism by evaluating the parents of children who carry this polymorphism
Secondary
Determine the differences in age at diagnosis stage histology site of primary tumor and outcome between patients with vs without the A133S polymorphism Determine whether the S131F RASSF1A variant is a true polymorphism in these patients Determine the polymorphic differences in this gene between these patients based on ethnicity and sex
OUTLINE This is a multicenter study Patients are stratified according to age at diagnosis stage histology site of primary tumor and outcome
Genomic DNA samples are purified from peripheral blood of patients and controls and analyzed by polymerase chain reaction for the RASSF1A gene DNA is also analyzed from parents of patients with the A133S polymorphism
PROJECTED ACCRUAL A total of 471 participants 229 Wilms tumor patients and 200 control participants plus 42 parents will be accrued for this study