Blood Samples From Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and From Healthy Volunteers

Completed

Conditions studied: Lung Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is looking at blood samples from patients with non-small cell lung cancer and from healthy volunteers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00897234

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

84

Starts

2008-12-01

Expected to finish

2010-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
• Documented diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer, any stage and any time point in the course of treatment (i.e., at diagnosis, during any treatment, and during post treatment surveillance)
• Measurable disease by CT scan within the past 4 weeks
• Healthy volunteer
• Non-smoking, defined as < 5 packs/year history of smoking and cessation of smoking ≥ 6 months ago OR a never smoker
• Not regularly exposed (i.e., daily) to second-hand smoke

You may not qualify if…

• Severe underlying lung disease (i.e., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with FEV_1 < 1.0 L, pulmonary fibrosis, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, etc.) as determined by enrolling researcher.
• Written consent must be given for both subjects and controls.

Where it is running

• Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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