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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| COG-ANBL12B5 | Other Identifier | Children's Oncology Group | |
| CDR0000722061 | Other Identifier | Clinical Trials.gov | |
| ANBL12B5 | Other Identifier | Children's Oncology Group | |
| NCI-2012-00109 | Registry Identifier | CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) |
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| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | NIH |
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RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
PURPOSE: This research trial studies biomarkers in samples from patients with high-risk neuroblastoma.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: Archived tumor tissue and serum samples are analyzed for telomere length measurement, frequency, and C-circle levels by PCR. Results are then compared with patients' age at diagnosis and outcomes including survival data (event-free and overall survival).
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| DNA analysis | Genetic | |||
| polymerase chain reaction | Genetic | |||
| laboratory biomarker analysis | Other | |||
| medical chart review | Other |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The sensitivity and specificity, as well as the optimal cut-off, for telomere length (TL) qPCR as an ALT detection method | ||
| Frequency and characteristics of ALT in high-risk NB | ||
| C-circle level as a marker of ALT activity in NB | ||
| Prognostic value of ALT | ||
| C-circle assay utility in detecting tumor DNA in the serum of NB patients with an ALT |
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Snap-frozen neuroblastoma (NB) tumors collected at diagnosis (Objectives 1 to 3)
High-risk stage 3 or 4 NB AND MYCN non-amplified, i.e., exclude stage 4 infants who are not high-risk
Patients preferably treated on protocol COG-A3973 or similar protocols with myeloablative therapy
At least 3 years of follow-up for those with no event (current evidence suggests that ALT+ NBs often relapse late, i.e., 2 years or longer from diagnosis)
NB tumor DNA collected at diagnosis (Objectives 2 & 3)
Frozen serum from NB patients (Objective 5; 2nd stage of project)
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
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Patients diagnosed with neuroblastoma.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Loretta Lau, MD | Sydney Children's Hospitals Network | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009447 | Neuroblastoma |
| ID | Term |
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| D018241 | Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral |
| D018242 | Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive |
| D018302 | Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial |
| D017599 | Neuroectodermal Tumors |
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| ID | Term |
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| D016133 | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| ID | Term |
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| D021141 | Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques |
| D005821 | Genetic Techniques |
| D008919 | Investigative Techniques |
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| D009373 | Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal |
| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D009375 | Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |
| D009380 | Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue |