Can patient records reveal who will respond to neuroendocrine tumor treatments?
NCT ID NCT05168631
First seen Aug 28, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026
Summary
This study looks back at the medical records of 88 adults with neuroendocrine tumors that have spread or cannot be removed. Researchers will examine how different patient characteristics and treatments relate to overall survival and other outcomes. The goal is to identify factors that help predict how the disease will progress, which could guide future treatment decisions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- This study could help doctors better predict how neuroendocrine tumors will behave, leading to more personalized treatment plans.
- What could go wrong
- Because this is a retrospective review of existing records, it can only show associations, not cause and effect. The findings may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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88 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2020
- Finished
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Jun 2022
- 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
Patients aged 18 years or older and with histologically confirmed neuroendocrine tumors; or metastatic or inoperable disease; or patients with clinical information about the therapies received, including exclusive palliative care.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * Patients aged 18 years or older and with histologically confirmed neuroendocrine tumors; * Metastatic or inoperable disease; * Patients with clinical information about the therapies received, including exclusive palliative care. Exclusion Criteria: * Lack of data on survival outcomes and/or details on treatments received.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ensino E Terapia de Inovacao Clinica Amo - Etica
Salvador, Estado de Bahia, Brazil
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Fundacao Antonio Prudente - Ac Camargo Center
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Hospital de Gastroenterología Carlos Bonorino Udaondo
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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INCan - Instituto Nacional de Cancerología
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
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Instituto Alexander Fleming
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplàsicas
Surquillo, Peru
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Universidade Federal do Ceará/HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO WALTER CANTIDIO
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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