Clinical trial · Observational
Assessing the Clinical Effectiveness of Serum Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Metastatic Uveal Melanoma
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults. The local treatment is effective, but patients still die of metastatic disease. It has been shown that early diagnosis of a few isolated metastases can result in a clean surgical excision of the metastases and an extension of the expected survival from 7-12 months to over 10 years on some patients. Many serum biomarkers are employed in Oncology. It makes sense to try the relevant ones in the diagnosis of metastatic uveal melanoma. The investigators hypothesis is that a soluble serum biomarker level changes upon development of metastatic disease either by secretion by the tumor cells themselves or by their environment. Detection of changes in biomarker level may lead to the diagnosis of metastases before they can be detected by imaging modalities, thus allowing for early treatment of the metastases and a better chance of success.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uveal Melanoma | Uveal Melanoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- All
- description
- A cohort of all the patients.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Significant increase in biomarker level that could be linked with detection of metastases by imaging
- timeFrame
- up to 12 months before diagnosis of metastases
- description
- Serum will be taken on every clinic visit from the day of diagnosis and on. Change in biomarker level will be assessed from one visit to the previous one, and correlated with imaging information on detection of metastases.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
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Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of uveal melanoma Exclusion Criteria: * refusal to participate in the study
References
Publications (3)
- BACKGROUNDFrenkel S, Nir I, Hendler K, Lotem M, Eid A, Jurim O, Pe'er J. Long-term survival of uveal melanoma patients after surgery for liver metastases. Br J Ophthalmol. 2009 Aug;93(8):1042-6. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2008.153684. Epub 2009 May 7. PMID 19429579
- BACKGROUNDMariani P, Piperno-Neumann S, Servois V, Berry MG, Dorval T, Plancher C, Couturier J, Levy-Gabriel C, Lumbroso-Le Rouic L, Desjardins L, Salmon RJ. Surgical management of liver metastases from uveal melanoma: 16 years' experience at the Institut Curie. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2009 Nov;35(11):1192-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.02.016. Epub 2009 Mar 28. PMID 19329272
- BACKGROUNDHaritoglou I, Wolf A, Maier T, Haritoglou C, Hein R, Schaller UC. Osteopontin and 'melanoma inhibitory activity': comparison of two serological tumor markers in metastatic uveal melanoma patients. Ophthalmologica. 2009;223(4):239-43. doi: 10.1159/000206139. Epub 2009 Mar 6. PMID 19270465