Characteristics of Adult Patients With Melanoma Diagnosis <40 Years Age. (MELA_2025)

Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Melanoma of Skin

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06994208

Melanoma_2025

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of the study is to analyse a local cohort of patients aged 18-39 years with melanoma diagnosis in order to determine the prevalence of the disease in this age group.

Secondary objectives are the following:

• To identify risk factors associated with melanoma in young people.
• To characterise the phenotype and dermoscopic features of melanoma in patients aged 18-39 years.
• To analyse the relationship between the clinical and histopathological features of melanoma in young people.
• To identify the mutational status of B-RAF in the sample of patients analysed.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 39 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. written informed consent
2. age > 18 years and < 40 years
3. diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma even non-primary

Exclusion criteria

-

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

ARM 1

Description:

Patients with melanoma diagnosis aged between 18 and 39 years.