Massive cancer databank aims to personalize treatment
NCT ID NCT05061342
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is creating a large databank of blood, imaging, and tissue samples from 5,000 cancer patients. Researchers will track how patients respond to various treatments—including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy—and look for biomarkers that predict tumor control, side effects, and quality of life. The goal is to better understand which treatments work best for which patients, but this is an observational study, not a test of a new therapy.
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 databank could help doctors predict which cancer treatments work best for each patient, improving personalized care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It collects data but does not test any new drug or therapy, so it won't directly change patient care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 5,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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 adult patients received any form of treatment (radiotherapy, surgery, systemic therapy, palliative and alternative cares) in the cancer center will be invited to participate. Patients with clinical diagnosis of tumor or related diseases such as hepatitis, gastritis, and Myasthenia Gravis will also be eligible, particularly should the patient be taken to OR for such treatments or being monitored for the risk of cancer developments. Healthy volunteers of various ages will also be enrolled from the general public for controls and setting up normal ranges of the interested biomarkers.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: Cancer Patients * 18 years of age and older. * Scheduled to receive any kind of therapy in our center. * Performance status of ECOG 0, 1, 2, or 3. * Able to understand QoL questionnaire. Normal (non cancer) controls * 18 years of age and older healthy volunteers. * Without a history of cancer except for cured skin cancer, without any active cancer. * ECOG Performance status 0, 1, 2, or 3. Exclusion Criteria: Participants who have supposedly limited ability to complete the survey questionnaires of the present study will be excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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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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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UHongKongShenzhen
RECRUITINGShenzhen, Guangdong, China
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