Collecting and Analyzing Tissue Samples From Patients Undergoing Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Conditions studied: Lung Cancer

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00897117

Run by

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

People needed

4000

Starts

2001-05-01

Expected to finish

2031-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• Chemotherapy before surgery
• Radiotherapy before surgery

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States (enrolling)
• Dan Rudy Cancer Center at Saint Thomas Hospital — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Nashville — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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