Nationwide registry maps the course of a rare stomach tumor
NCT ID NCT03602092
First seen Sep 15, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers in Taiwan are building a nationwide registry of people diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumors, a rare cancer of the digestive tract. The study collects details on how the tumors are found, their stage, the treatments patients receive, and how they fare over time. Adults diagnosed between 2010 and 2020 at hospitals across Taiwan take part by allowing their medical information to be recorded in a secure web portal. The goal is to create a long-term database that helps doctors understand this cancer and improve care.
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 the registry succeeds, it could give doctors a clearer picture of how gastrointestinal stromal tumors behave and which treatments help over the long term.
- What could go wrong
- A registry observes care rather than testing a treatment, so it cannot prove what works. Missing or incomplete records may limit how much researchers can learn.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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966 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2018
- Finished
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Dec 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
Patients diagnosed with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
- Ages
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20 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 diagnosed with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor 2. ≥20 years old 3. Histology-confirmed GIST between 01 January 2010 and 31 December 2020. 4. Patient with prospective data collection: Willing to provide singed inform-consent as per local regulatory requirements. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Inability and unwillingness to give informed consent if required by site ethic committee. 2. Patient that is unlikely candidate to obtain long-term follow-up information for reasons of unavailability or with severe concomitant illnesses per investigator judgement
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yu wei-lan
Taipei, 10048, Taiwan
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