Massive study aims to unlock Cancer's immune secrets
NCT ID NCT03958240
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will collect blood and tumor samples from 1,100 people with various cancers, including head and neck, ovarian, cervical, lung, and brain cancers. Researchers want to learn how immune cells called T cells behave in these tumors. The goal is to better understand why some cancers respond to immunotherapy and others do not.
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
- If successful, this could help researchers design better immunotherapies for several types of cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly benefit participants and may not lead to new therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2020
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2033
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- 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: 1. Patient with histologically documented local or metastatic solid malignant tumor (head and neck, ovarian, cervical, and other tumor types including, but not limited to glioblastoma, NSCLC and anal cancer) or patients with pre-invasive cervical high grade dysplasia (CIN II or III) 2. Age ≥ 18 years at the time of study entry 3. Patient followed within a standard of care procedure or clinical trial 4. ECOG Performance status 0-2 5. Patient able to participate and willing to give informed consent prior performance of any study-related procedures and to comply with the study protocol 6. Patient affiliated to a Social Health Insurance in France 7. Patient may participate to other clinical trials Exclusion Criteria: 1. Known history of positive test for Hepatitis B virus or Hepatitis C virus or Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Hanta virus 2. Any condition contraindicated with blood sampling procedures required by the protocol (including Hemoglobin \< 8g/dl) 3. Patient pregnant, or breast-feeding 4. Any psychological, familial, geographic or social situation, according to the judgment of investigator, potentially preventing the provision of informed consent or compliance to study procedure 5. Patient who has forfeited his/her freedom by administrative or legal award or who is under guardianship
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hopital Larrey
RECRUITINGToulouse, 31059, France
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Hopital Rangueil
RECRUITINGToulouse, 31059, France
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Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse - Oncopole
RECRUITINGToulouse, France
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