NCT00899626Recruiting
Gastrointestinal Biomarkers in Tissue and Biological Fluid Samples From Colorectal Cancer Patients
Novel Colon Cancer Markers in Gastrointestinal Tissue and Biofluids
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tissue, blood, urine, stool, and other biological fluids from patients with cancer and from healthy volunteers undergoing colonoscopy or endoscopy may help doctors identify and learn more about biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is looking at gastrointestinal biomarkers in tissue and biological fluid samples from patients and participants undergoing colonoscopy, endoscopy, or surgery.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 5000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 May 2009
- Start date
- Jun 2002
- Primary completion date
- Oct 2045
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- NCT number
- NCT00899626
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 5000
- From Jun 2002 to the primary completion date, Oct 2045
- 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:
- Undergoing colonoscopy or endoscopy for diagnostic or screening purposes at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center or at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center AND
- Meets 1 of the following criteria:
- Diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) cancer, polyps, or inflammatory bowel disease
- History of previously treated GI cancer, polyps, or inflammatory bowel disease
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Capable of giving informed consent
- Not mentally or medically impaired
- No bleeding disorder
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Recruiting |
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