Fat-Immune cell talk may predict melanoma spread
NCT ID NCT07293598
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how fat cells and immune cells interact in melanoma skin cancer to see if this can predict whether the cancer will spread. Researchers will examine tissue samples from 20 patients to check for a specific pattern they noticed in earlier work. The goal is to better understand what makes some melanomas more aggressive, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Sample analysis of melanoma only
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Melanomas treated between 1st January 2006 and 31st December 2015 OR 2. Patients treated at the Christie between 2014 and 2019. 3. Review of histological slides for presence or absence of relevant histological features. For group 3 and group 4: 4. Unique features of spitzoid melanomas Exclusion Criteria: * Inadequate slide quality * Unable to view the entire cross section of the skin with the primary tumour hence, unable to assess the invasion of inflammatory cells into fat
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, United Kingdom
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