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Massive tissue bank launched to fuel future discoveries
NCT ID NCT01354002
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study collects and stores samples of tissue and body fluids from patients, their relatives, and healthy volunteers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The goal is to create a large, organized bank of samples and related health information that researchers can use to better understand diseases and develop new treatments. Up to 100,000 people may participate.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2009
- 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
All patients, their relatives, and control populations treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH), collaborating sites and affiliates.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients (and their relatives) and control populations treated or studied at SJCRH and SJCRH affiliates and collaborating sites that have IRB approval for TBANK with malignant and non-malignant conditions. * Patients from institutions that do not have Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for TBANK, and at which a banking mechanism may not be established, who provide samples for research at St. Jude and from whom consent for TBANK is obtained by the TBANK principal investigator (PI). * Samples from employees of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH) collected for public health surveillance studies (e.g. SJTRC-NCT04362995) provided the employees have consented to participate in the specific IRB-approved studies. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients from institutions that do not have IRB approval for TBANK, and who have not provided consent for TBANK, or patients not enrolled on SJCRH protocols that incorporate consent for tumor banking.
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The study's own enquiry address
This study publishes an address for enquiries. See it below .
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The places running it
14 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
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Locations
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Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF-Saint Francis Medical Center
RECRUITINGPeoria, Illinois, 61637, United States
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Children's Hospital of Michigan
SUSPENDEDDetroit, Michigan, 48201, United States
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Cook Children's Medical Center
RECRUITINGFort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States
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Johnson City Medical Center
RECRUITINGJohnson City, Tennessee, 37604, United States
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LeBonheur Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGMemphis, Tennessee, 38103, United States
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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
RECRUITINGShreveport, Louisiana, 71130-3932, United States
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94305, United States
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Mercy Children's Hospital - Springfield
RECRUITINGSpringfield, Missouri, 65804, United States
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Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
RECRUITINGBaton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808, United States
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Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center
RECRUITINGSan Diego, California, 92123, United States
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St. Jude Affiliate Clinic at Novant Health Hemby Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGCharlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States
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St. Jude Affiliate Clinic at Saint Francis Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGTulsa, Oklahoma, 74136, United States
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
RECRUITINGMemphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States
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St. Jude Clinic at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children
RECRUITINGHuntsville, Alabama, 35801, United States