Scientists hunt for gene clues in gynecologic tumors
NCT ID NCT03420118
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study aims to learn how gene and protein changes in gynecologic tumors affect cancer behavior and treatment response. Researchers will collect tumor tissue and blood samples from 1,000 people with ovarian, uterine, cervical, or other gynecologic cancers. The goal is to better understand why some people respond to targeted therapies while others do not, and to improve future cancer care.
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 research could help doctors better predict which treatments work best for different people with gynecologic cancers.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It collects samples to learn more, so there is no direct benefit to participants. Results may take years to influence care.
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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 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2017
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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.
Pre-Screening Eligibility: Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with probable diagnoses of gynecological malignancy (ovarian, tubal, primary peritoneal, uterine, cervical, vulvar and rare gynecological cancers) and confirmed to be undergoing upfront debulking surgery/radiation * Patient must be ≥16 years of age at the time of consent. * Ability to understand and provide written informed consent. * ECOG Performance Status ≤ 2. * Patient must consent to provide tissue sample from surgery and blood samples * Life expectancy ≥3 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients must be treatment naïve (no previous treatment of Neoadjuvant chemotherapy nor radiation for newly diagnosed disease) Eligibility for Patients with Gynecological Diagnosis Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with histological confirmation of gynecological malignancy (except ovarian cancer with high grade serous histology, tubal, primary peritoneal, uterine, cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancer and rare gynecological cancers). * Patient must be ≥16 years of age at the time of consent. * Ability to understand and provide written informed consent. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status ≤ 2. * Patient must consent to providing archival tissue and/or to undergo tumour biopsy and/or to provide blood or fluid collection samples. Patients will also be asked to provide a blood sample for germline mutation analysis. * Life expectancy ≥3 months. * No limits of previous lines of treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Any contraindication to tumour biopsy or blood collection * Patient with diagnosis of High grade serous Ovarian Cancer are excluded
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z5, Canada
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