Massive data hunt aims to unlock secrets of spine metastases
NCT ID NCT02830451
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is a registry that gathers detailed information from about 960 adults with metastatic spine tumors (cancer that has spread to the spine from elsewhere). Researchers collect data on patients' health, treatments, symptoms, and quality of life over time. The goal is to better understand the disease and its management, 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 960 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2017
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
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
Patient diagnosed with a metastatic tumor of the spine.
- 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 18 or older. * Patient diagnosed with a metastatic tumor of the spine * Informed consent obtained, i.e.: * Ability to understand the content of the patient information/ICF * Willingness and ability to participate in the registry according to the Registry Plan * Signed and dated EC/IRB approved written informed consent (if consent is required by the EC/ IRB at the registry site) Exclusion Criteria: • Patient diagnosed with a primary tumor of the spine.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Harvard Medical School Department of Neurosurgery
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi Centro die Chirurgia Ortopedica Oncologica e Ricostr
Milan, Lombardy, 20161, Italy
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Instituto Ortopedico Rizzoli Department of Oncologic and Degenerative Spine Surgery
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 40136, Italy
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Johns Hopkins University Department of Neurosurgery / Spine Division
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
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Kanazawa Medical University Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Uchinoda, Ishikawa-ken, 920-0293, Japan
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Mayo Clinic Department of Neurosurgery
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4, Canada
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Monash University Melbourne
Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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National Center for Spinal Disorders and Buda Health Center
Budapest, 1126, Hungary
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National University of Singapore Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Singapore, 119288, Singapore
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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Rush University Medical Center University Neurosurgery
Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Neurosurgery
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown university Department of Neurosurgery
Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States
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Toronto Western Hospital Department of Neurosurgery Division of Surgery
Toronto, Ontario, 4W449, Canada
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Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Utrecht, 3508, Netherlands
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University of California The UCSF Spine Center Department of Neurological Surgery
San Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
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University of Toronto Odette Cancer Centre - T2 158 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Ccenter
Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
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Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der Technischen Universität Dresden
Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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Universitätsspital Basel Wirbelsäulenzentrum
Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland
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Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1M9, Canada
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Winnipeg Spine Program University of Manitoba Department of Surgery
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R9, Canada