NCT00471978Recruiting
DNA Analysis of Blood and Tissue From Patients With Lung Cancer
Boston Lung Cancer Study (Formerly Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Lung Cancer)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. It may also help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is analyzing the DNA in blood and tissue samples from patients with lung cancer.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 15000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 8 May 2007
- Start date
- Sept 2005
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT00471978
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 15000
- From Sept 2005 to the primary completion date, Sept 2028
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Patient:
- Newly diagnosed primary lung cancer
- Patient at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) or Boston Medical Center Cancer Center
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Not specified
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Not specified
- EXCLUSIONS:
- Vulnerable populations are excluded. Patients with metastasis from another site to lung or mesothelioma are excluded.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 120 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard School of Public Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
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