Scientists create massive head and neck cancer biobank to fuel future discoveries
NCT ID NCT00898638
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study collects tissue, blood, and saliva samples from up to 8,000 people with head and neck cancer and healthy volunteers. Researchers also gather medical and lifestyle information to build a detailed database. The goal is to provide a resource for future cancer research, not to test a new treatment.
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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.
- Started
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Feb 2003
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2050
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
Head and neck tumor patients, aged 18 and older and Healthy volunteers, aged 18 and older.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Meets 1 of the following criteria: * Diagnosis of head and neck cancer * Being treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the cancer * Healthy participant PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified
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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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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232-6838, United States
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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center - Cool Springs
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37064, United States
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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Franklin
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37064, United States
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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Nashville
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37212, United States
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