Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Mitochondrial Respiratory Function in Mammalian Skeletal Muscle

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Mitochondrial Respiratory Function in Mammalian Skeletal Muscle

Official Title: Mitochondrial Respiratory Function in Mammalian Skeletal Muscle: Metabolic Insights Into Cancer and Burn Cachexia Through Comparative Physiology of Humans and Marine Mammals

Study ID: NCT02650570

Conditions

Cancer

Cachexia

Interventions

Study Description

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether skeletal muscle mitochondrial function is altered in patients with head and neck cancer compared to healthy controls.

Detailed Description: 20 men and women, 30-60 years, equally divided between patients diagnosed with advanced (stages III or IV), persistent (recurrence within 6 months) or recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) (n=10) and healthy age matched control subjects (n=10) will be studied. Muscle biopsies will be collected from cancer patients before and after a 4 week standard of care (SOC) treatment. Muscle biopsies from healthy control subjects will be collected at baseline only. Lean body mass and fat mass will be determined by a DEXA scan before and after 4 week SOC treatment (cancer patients) to document any change in body composition (cachexia), and at baseline only in the age-matched healthy controls. Blood will be collected from both cancer patients and healthy subjects to examine hormone levels at the time of biopsy.