NCT01035398Active, not recruiting
Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors Related to Esophageal Cancer
Molecular Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer: Pilot Project
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
RATIONALE: Gathering information about genes, cigarette smoking, and diet may help doctors learn more about risk factors that may cause esophageal cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying genetic and environmental risk factors related to esophageal cancer.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 1200 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 17 Dec 2009
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2000
- Primary completion date
- 31 Jul 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Gastric and esophageal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT01035398
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 1200
- From 1 Apr 2000 to the primary completion date, 31 Jul 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:
- Meets 1 of the following criteria:
- Diagnosis of esophageal cancer (patient)
- Newly diagnosed disease
- Receiving care at Massachusetts General Hospital, Thoracic Oncology Center
- Friend or spouse of patient (healthy participants)
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- No concurrent psychiatric incapacity or dementia
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Not specified
Age in the registry: 18 years to 100 years · Sex: All · Accepts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard School of Public Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
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