Cancer genetic Pre-Screening study halted after just 8 patients
NCT ID NCT02706652
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study aimed to screen cancer patients for genetic markers before they joined other clinical trials, hoping to save time and improve drug dosing. Only 8 adults were enrolled before the study was terminated early. The approach was meant to help match patients to the right trials and doses based on their genes, but the small size and early stop mean no firm conclusions can be drawn.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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8 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2018
- Finished
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Sep 2019
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Any patient who is being evaluated for and/or treated on one of the following IRB-approved protocols at the National Cancer Institute: 12-C-0151, or 09-C-0173, or 18-C-0061.
- 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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* INCLUSION CRITERIA: * Any patient who is being evaluated for and/or treated on an IRB-approved protocol at the National Cancer Institute. * Age \>18 years. * Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: \- A patient will be excluded if there is an insufficient quality or quantity of sample available to perform the assay and no further sample can be drawn in order to re-assess the status of a genetic or biomarker.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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