10,000 cancer patients join ontario Gene-Mapping effort to personalize care
NCT ID NCT02906943
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to collect and analyze tumor samples from 10,000 adults with advanced solid cancers (like breast, lung, or colon cancer) to create a province-wide gene database. The goal is to help doctors identify which targeted drugs or clinical trials might work best for each patient based on their cancer's unique genetic markers. Participants provide previously collected tumor tissue and blood samples, and their health data is linked to other records for future research. No new treatments are tested here, but the information gathered may guide more personalized cancer care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 10,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Start date
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Aug 2016
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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.
Who is studied
Advanced solid tumor malignancies, where archived formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) is available and adequate for molecular profiling.
- 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: 1. Patients with histological confirmation of advanced solid tumor malignancies who are candidates for systemic therapy. 2. All patients must have sufficient FFPE archived tumor tissue for molecular profiling. 3. Patient must be ≥ 18 years old. 4. Patient's ECOG performance status equal to 0 or 1. 5. All patients must have a life expectancy of \> 6 months. 6. All patients must have adequate organ functions. 7. All patients must have signed and dated an informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1\. Patients must not have received more than 2 lines of prior cytotoxic therapy for their recurrent/metastatic disease, with the exception of Phase I trial candidates who will not be excluded if more than 2 lines of prior cytotoxic therapy have been received.
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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
2 sites. 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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Juravinski Cancer Centre
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGHamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Kingston General Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGKingston, Ontario, Canada
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London Health Sciences Centre
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLondon, Ontario, Canada
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Mount Sinai Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, Canada
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Princess Margaret Hospital
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, Canada
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The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
RECRUITINGOttawa, Ontario, Canada
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