Cancer data pooling study aims to connect the dots across trials
NCT ID NCT03269578
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 8 times
Summary
This study enrolls adults with cancer or benign tumors who are already participating in other trials at the National Cancer Institute. Researchers will collect and link medical records and research samples from all of a patient's past, current, and future studies. The goal is to track how cancers respond to different treatments over time, without requiring any new tests or procedures from participants.
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 better understand how different cancers respond to treatments over time, potentially guiding future therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational data-collection study, not a treatment trial. It does not test any new drug or intervention, so direct patient benefits are unlikely.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2017
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients on research protocols at the Developmental Therapeutics Clinic
- Ages
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18 to 120 years
- 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: * Patients who are being evaluated and/or treated for cancer or benign tuumors in the Developmental Therapeutics Clinic at the NIH Clinical Center * Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document indicating their willingness to have data from their tissue or biologic fluid research specimens and limited medial information used for research as outlined in this protocol and to allow protocol staff access to the CRIS database and their Medical Records Number (MRN). * Age greater than or equal to 18 years ECLUSION CRITERIA: None
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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
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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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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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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