View clinical trials related to BRCA2 Mutation.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to evaluate a cascade genetic testing intervention. Cascade testing is the process of offering genetic testing to people who are at risk of having inherited a possibly harmful gene change that has been found in their family. This process is repeated as more people within the family are found to have the gene change. The study will look at how often genetic testing occurs when healthcare providers have permission to reach out to family members to recommend genetic testing and to help those who are interested get tested. The study will look at whether this cascade testing intervention is practical and effective. The study would like to see how this approach of healthcare providers reaching out directly to family members compares with the usual approach of patients telling their family members about the recommendation to get genetic testing.
This is a cross-sectional and retrospective study of a cohort of patients with invasive lobular breast cancer (LBC) or in situ lobular neoplasia (LIN3). The main endpoint is the relative frequency of patients with a germline mutation using a recent panel including 113 genes from the "Illumina" protocol. In case of identification of a novel pathogenetic germline mutations, a personalized follow-up will be offered to each patient (in case of genes at moderate-, low-penetrance), or prophylactic mastectomy (in case of genes at high-penetrance). Breast screening in moderate-, low-penetrance mutated patients should be performed periodically using digital mammography, ultrasound and MRI, and will be routinely observed. Patients will be scheduled for follow-up at six-month intervals for 5 years at our outpatient clinic, and yearly thereafter
This is a multicenter randomized phase ll clinical trial to evaluate the pathological complete response (pCR) in the tumour burden (primary and lymph nodes) with olaparib alone or in the olaparib and durvalumab arm in TNBC patients candidate for neoadjuvant strategy showing a t/gBRCAmut or BRCAness/HRD profile.
This study aims to define the natural history of men at high genetic risk for prostate cancer on the basis of specific germline genetic mutations or a positive family history and evaluate the utility of prostate MRI as a screening tool. The hypothesis is that this targeted population of men are at elevated risk of developing prostate cancer compared to the general population, and enhanced screening with MRI will enable early detection and diagnosis of potentially aggressive prostate cancer, characterization of the penetrance of specific mutations, and potentially identify new genetic risk mutations.
The aim of the study is to determine if PET-CT imaging (using contrast recommended in clinical guidelines) is superior to combined bone scan and MRI/CT of the abdomen & pelvis in detecting the increased incidence of metastasis (nodal/distant outside the pelvis) in men with prostatic carcinoma with germline BRCA mutations.
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine if a web-based tool that collects family health history is useful for patients being seen in a gynecologic oncology office setting. This research study is being done because collecting a comprehensive family health history is critical as it allows physicians to appropriately refer patients for genetic counseling and genetic testing. However, prior research indicates that the family health history collected in clinical settings is often inadequate to truly assess the risk of genetic disease. Therefore we plan to explore a web-based program that guides patients through the collection of their family health history and uses this information to create clear concise pedigrees (family tree information) and risk assessment models that can be used by a physician during the office visit.
This is a prospective registry trial to determine the outcomes of single port robot-assisted nipple sparing mastectomy (SPrNSM) utilitzing the SP da Vinci surgical system.
PARP inhibitors are most effective in homologous recombinant (HR) deficient tumors. There are clear indications that besides BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutated EOC, there is an additional group of EOC having deficiencies in HR (i.e. BRCAness) that might benefit from treatment with PARP inhibitors. Assessment of HR in high grade EOC might therefore serve as a better predictive biomarker and allow the identification of a larger group of patients that could benefit most from platinum based chemotherapy and maintenance treatment with a PARP inhibitor. We recently developed a robust ex vivo functional assay (RAD51 assay;) to test HR in viable tumor tissue. In the proposed study, we will evaluate whether the RAD51 assay predicts sensitivity to therapy with olaparib, in patients with recurrent EOC. With the RAD51 assay we aim to identify a larger number of patients who will benefit from treatment with the PARP inhibitor olaparib than patients with a germline or somatic BRCA mutation only. Furthermore, we aim to identify molecular markers (including genomic markers) that are associated with the outcome of the RAD51 assay. Finally, we will explore whether these molecular markers can be measured in liquid biopsies by analysing ctDNA.
BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome (HBOC) increases the relative and absolute risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer and, to a lesser extent, prostate and pancreatic cancer. Men face BRCA-related cancer risks as women do, although with a different magnitude, and they may also transmit the mutations to their children. Notwithstanding, men have not received much attention since now. They are under-tested compared to women and the communication is not tailored on their needs. Research on the psychological determinants of men's informed decision-making is particularly lacking as well as experimental evidence on the efficacy of tailored messages on men's needs. Applying principles of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA), the present protocol proposes a study with the aim to test psychological variables influencing men's decision-making. Moreover, the proposed research intends to test the efficacy of two messages through a randomized experimental study. A total of 264 participants will be involved, among the men's relatives of women with verified germline mutations. The study entails a pre- post- evaluation with randomization of the participants in two conditions corresponding to the two messages. The expected results provide answers related to the impact of action self-efficacy, outcome expectancy (personal or familiar), risk perception, health risk aversion, intolerance of uncertainty, perceived barriers, and coping self-efficacy on informed decision-making. Data gathered from this study may inform health care providers, policymakers, and public health managers about the communication strategy for men and about the psychological variables influencing decision-making.
The association between homologous recombination (HR) gene mutations and homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) status in Chinese epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients is little known. This study would recruit 400 Chinese EOC patients with known targeted gene mutations via a multi-panel testing of 27 genes, including BRCA1/BRCA2. All patients accept evaluation of HRD model, which is based on the loss of heterozygosity (LOH), telomere allele imbalance (TAI) and large-scale state transitions (LST). The mutated genes, HRD score model and their relationship with the prognosis, would provide a full description of for the Chinese EOC patients, and a potential explanation of platinum-resistance in such population.