Tumor biobank holds key to personalized head and neck cancer care
NCT ID NCT01644786
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study collected tumor samples from 419 people with head and neck cancer to create a biobank. Researchers will use these samples in future genomic studies to find factors that predict how well a person will respond to treatment. The goal is to improve personalized outcome prediction for each patient.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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419 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2012
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- 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
All new patients with (suspected) mucosal HNSCC who are scheduled for diagnostic panendoscopy
- 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: * Patient with (suspected) mucosal HNSCC * Tumor site: oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, nasopharynx, or oral cavity * Scheduled for panendoscopy under general anesthesia * Tumor size that permits harvesting of multiple biopsies, without risk of functional damage * No previous treatment, except previous biopsy * Age \>= 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Small primary tumors, e.g. vocal cord tumors, that are too small to obtain multiple biopsies because of the associated risk of functionale damage * Patients not undergoing panendoscopy during routine clinical work-up, e.g. because of examination under general anaesthesia already performed elsewhere, before referral to azM.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Maastro
Maastricht, 6229, Netherlands
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