Status:

COMPLETED

Collecting and Storing Tissue Samples From Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Head and Neck Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue, blood, and saliva from patients with cancer to study in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This laboratory study ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Establish a tissue/specimen bank of biologic specimens collected from patients with proven or suspected head and neck cancer. * Establish a database to link materials acquisition and pa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Confirmed or suspected head and neck cancer
  • Primary site recurrence allowed
  • Potentially eligible for or participating in an active Radiation Therapy Oncology Group treatment clinical trial
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Zubrod performance status 0-1
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Concurrent radiotherapy, drug therapy, biopsy, or surgery allowed

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    September 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    November 1 2013

    Estimated Enrollment :

    351 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00898300

    Start Date

    September 1 2005

    End Date

    November 1 2013

    Last Update

    November 13 2015

    Active Locations (98)

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    UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

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    University of California Davis Cancer Center

    Sacramento, California, United States, 95817

    3

    Penrose Cancer Center at Penrose Hospital

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80933

    4

    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at Orlando

    Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806