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The purpose of the study is to understand why there are differences between individuals in the way they respond to paclitaxel chemotherapy.
While paclitaxel is very effective in killing cancer cells in a proportion of patients, some patients don't respond to this treatment. As with any chemotherapy, paclitaxel is associated with unpleasant side effects. We are doing this study to try and understand what is happening in cancer cells in different individuals after paclitaxel treatment that make them respond differently to the same treatment. We hope that this study will enable us to develop a method to identify women who are suitable for this form of treatment. We also want to understand why some cancer cells don't get killed with paclitaxel. This information will help us to select treatment to suit an individual patient, and thus improve the outcome of treatment and avoid giving treatment that will not benefit the patient.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Correlation between βIII tubulin expression and Mitotic Index (MI) following single agent paclitaxel treatment | Correlation between βIII tubulin expression and Mitotic Index (MI) before and after single agent paclitaxel treatment to determine whether overexpression of βIII tubulin is associated with Paclitaxel resistance | Before and 24-hours after paclitaxel treatment |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Correlation between mitotic index and the magnitude of CA125 response | Correlation between mitotic index and the magnitude of CA125 response will be analysed to investigate whether post-paclitaxel mitotic index is a determinant of clinical response in ovarian cancer | three weeks after paclitaxel treatment |
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Patients with radiological and histological evidence of advanced ovarian cancer, who would standardly be managed by primary chemotherapy and interval debulking surgery
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed A Ahmed | Contact | ahmed.ahmed@obs-gyn.ox.ac.uk |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Churchill Hospital | Recruiting | Oxford | United Kingdom |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010051 | Ovarian Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
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| D004701 | Endocrine Gland Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D010049 | Ovarian Diseases |
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Ovarian cancer biopsy tissue samples Eyebrow hair follicles Blood samples Surgical tissue samples
| D000291 |
| Adnexal Diseases |
| D005831 | Genital Diseases, Female |
| D052776 | Female Urogenital Diseases |
| D005261 | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D005833 | Genital Neoplasms, Female |
| D014565 | Urogenital Neoplasms |
| D000091662 | Genital Diseases |
| D004700 | Endocrine System Diseases |
| D006058 | Gonadal Disorders |