Status:

COMPLETED

A Family Study of Adults With Glioma

Lead Sponsor:

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Glioma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-100 years

Brief Summary

To advance understanding of environmental, behavioral and genetic causes of brain tumors in adults, DCEG investigators initiated a multicenter case-control study of malignant and benign tumors in adul...

Detailed Description

To advance understanding of environmental, behavioral and genetic causes of brain tumors in adults, DCEG investigators initiated a multicenter case-control study of malignant and benign tumors in adul...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Individuals who are eligible for this study include:
  • The 499 glioma cases who were interviewed for the case-control study between September, 1994 and July, 1998. The cases were enrolled through Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (including Barrow Neurological Institute), Phoenix, AZ; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; and Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • The following relatives greater than or equal to 18 years of age from simplex families: all first degree relatives; the spouse(s) of a case, if the spouse(s) had children with the case who are participating in the study.
  • The following relatives greater than or equal to 18 years of age from multiplex families: all first and second degree relatives; more distant blood relatives with cancer (secondary case); first degree relatives of every secondary case; the spouse(s) of every case or secondary case if the spouse(s) had children with the case or secondary case who are participating in the study; any blood relative not included above who connects a secondary case to a case.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 11 1999

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 3 2020

    Estimated Enrollment :

    1871 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00339352

    Start Date

    March 11 1999

    End Date

    December 3 2020

    Last Update

    December 4 2020

    Active Locations (3)

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    University of Arizona

    Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724

    2

    Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

    3

    Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States