NCT00897117Recruiting
Collecting and Analyzing Tissue Samples From Patients Undergoing Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Molecular Fingerprinting of Lung Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in RNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and analyzing lung tissue samples from patients undergoing surgery for non-small cell lung cancer.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 4000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 May 2009
- Start date
- 1 May 2001
- Primary completion date
- 31 May 2031
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT00897117
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 4000
- From 1 May 2001 to the primary completion date, 31 May 2031
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Chemotherapy before surgery
- Radiotherapy before surgery
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer
- Clinical stage I and II disease
- Resectable disease and complete surgical resection planned
- Treated on companion studies at Vanderbilt University, the Veterans Administration hospital, St. Thomas, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Affiliate Network
- Tumor specimen samples must be available at resection
Age in the registry: 18 years to 120 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Rudy Cancer Center at Saint Thomas Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Completed |
| Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
| Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Nashville Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Suspended |
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