NCT00836342

Correlation Between Skin Carotenoid Levels and Previous History of Skin Cancer

Comparison of Skin Carotenoid Levels Between Subjects With History of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Subjects With History of Basal Cell Carcinoma Versus a Control Group

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the difference of skin carotenoid levels between subjects with previous squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), subjects with previous basal cell carcinomas (BCC) and a control group.

Detailed description

There has been experimental and clinical research evaluating association of different carotenoids and incidence of malignancies, including Non- Melanoma Skin Cancer (NMSC). An easy and inexpensive way to determine which subjects would benefit from supplementation with carotenoids or retinoids could be the measurement of skin carotenoid levels.The least invasive way to perform it is through Raman spectroscopy which is a technique that uses a laser light that can be used to quantify carotenoids on the skin. We will compare the skin carotenoid levels of subjects with previous history of SCC or BCC and subjects without history of previous NMSC.

Conditions

• Skin Cancer
• Basal Cell Carcinoma
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-01-01
• First posted: 2009-02-04
• Last updated: 2012-07-25
• Results posted: 2012-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States