Active clinical trials for "Melanoma"

RATIONALE: New diagnostic procedures, such as bioelectric field imaging, may help find and diagnose melanoma and other skin cancers. It may also be a less invasive way to check for skin cancer. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying bioelectric field imaging in diagnosing melanoma and other skin cancers in patients with skin lesions.

A reflectance confocal microscope is a machine which is able to examine the upper layers of the skin painlessly and without the need for taking a biopsy. We would like to examine the images taken by the confocal microscope to see if it can help more accurately identify lesions which are worrying rather than a benign mole. We are performing this study in patients in whom we have recommended excising a mole to exclude a cancer. If the results of the study show that the confocal microscope can help more accurately diagnose Melanomas then this would reduce the number of biopsies that are taken that turn out not to be cancerous (ie unnecessary biopsies).

This is a pilot study to assess feasibility of dried blood spot (DBS) samples for pharmacokinetic measurements of targeted anti-cancer drugs in oncology patients such as patients with BRAF-mutant melanoma receiving targeted treatment with BRAF and MEK inhibitors.

The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate the clinical utility of the Nevisense in normal clinical practice, i.e. the potential effect of implementing Nevisense in clinical decision making (Human vs Human & Machine) based on Nevisense measurement at time of biopsy decision.

An observational single center study designed to identify response-related biomarkers of anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1) therapy to advanced melanoma patients and to investigate if vitamin D levels are related to treatment response. 40 patients diagnosed with advanced melanoma will be included. Patients are included at the Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital (AUH). All patients will be treated with Pembrolizumab as a standard procedure at the Department of Oncology. The protocol comprises blood samples at baseline, 3 and 6 weeks after treatment initiation with anti-PD1 therapy and three years of observational follow-up. A total amount of 217 ml blood will be drawn during the study period. The study period is 6 weeks followed by 3 years of follow-up. Medical history, symptoms, response to treatment regarding the RESIST criteria and side affects will be recorded at each visit in both the study period and in follow-up. Biochemical markers will be obtained according to normal procedure during study and follow-up visits. 20 Healthy volunteers (HV) are included, matched by age and gender. Collected blood samples (serum, plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cells) will be analyzed after the last patient has ended the week 6 visit.

The skin microbiome has been implicated in several cutaneous autoimmune pathologies such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. However, its role in vitiligo and vitiligo lesions occuring in patients receiving anti-PD-1 for metastatic melanoma

A retrospective study investigating the relationship between FDG-PET uptake and LDH levels.

The primary aim is to determine the impact of using digital photographs on a mobile device versus printed photographs on skin self-examination rates. The ease-of-use and overall satisfaction with the two exam modalities will be evaluated. Secondarily, the impact on melanoma thickness at detection, melanoma detection, biopsy, and office visit rates will be evaluated. The study involves patients in the Pigmented Lesion Clinic that have received total body photography for skin monitoring.

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in peptides and proteins and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is looking at blood samples from patients with malignant melanoma, metastatic breast cancer, advanced lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, or colorectal cancer.

RATIONALE: Studying samples of tissue in the laboratory from patients receiving carboplatin and paclitaxel with or without sorafenib tosylate may help doctors learn more about the effects of this treatment on cells. It may also help doctors understand how well patients respond to treatment. PURPOSE: This research study is studying biomarkers in predicting response to chemotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma previously treated with carboplatin and paclitaxel with or without sorafenib tosylate.