Cancer patients needed to help build massive research database
NCT ID NCT01577251
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is creating a large registry and collection of blood, urine, and tumor samples from people with cancer or benign tumors who are receiving radiation therapy. The goal is to gather health information and biological samples for future research. Anyone 18 or older with a cancer or benign tumor diagnosis who is undergoing radiotherapy can join.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 8,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Start date
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Jun 2008
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
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.
Who is studied
Anyone age 18 and above with a cancer and/or benign tumor diagnosis undergoing radiotherapy
- 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.
* Anyone age 18 and above with a cancer and/or benign tumor diagnosis undergoing radiotherapy * Able to sign consent
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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
4 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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Lancaster General Hospital
RECRUITINGLancaster, Pennsylvania, 17604, United States
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University of Pennsylvania
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Virtua Health & Wellness Center
RECRUITINGVoorhees Township, New Jersey, 08043, United States
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Virtua Samson Cancer Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMoorestown, New Jersey, 08057, United States
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