DNA Analysis of Blood and Tissue From Patients With Lung Cancer
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Official title
Boston Lung Cancer Study (Formerly Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Lung Cancer)
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. It may also help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is analyzing the DNA in blood and tissue samples from patients with lung cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00471978
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 15,000 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 120 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 2005 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Sep 2028 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Sep 2028 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Oct 7, 2026
2005 – 2028
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | Recruiting |
| Harvard School of Public Health | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | Recruiting |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Oct 7, 2026 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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