Survey and Blood Sample Collection for Patients With Lung Cancer Who Never Smoked Cigarettes

March 29, 2011 updated by: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The purpose of this study is to determine if collecting information and blood from a group of people who never smoked but who have lung cancer, is possible across the US. The investigators will collect information on each patient's diagnosis and treatments. If the collection is successful, blood samples will be used to try to identify new genes (which are the basic elements of heredity, passed from parents to their offspring), which may explain and predict why certain patients develop lung cancer without having smoked tobacco.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

115

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New Jersey
      • Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
        • Memoral Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • New York
      • Commack, New York, United States, 11725
        • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk
      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
        • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
      • Rockville Centre, New York, United States, 11570
        • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center
      • Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
        • Memoral Sloan Kettering Cancer Center@Phelps

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Never-smokers with lung cancer

Internet recruitment The study will be advertised through a specifically designed website linked to the MSKCC Lung Cancer webpage. The website will be designed after approval of the study. The website will be accordingly reviewed by the IRB. We plan to advertise this study by word-of mouth at scientific meetings and on patient associations' websites and/or bulletins, with permission. The website will post a description of the study and an invitation to participate.

Interested patients will be given an email or mail address and/or phone number 866-854-4652 to contact MSKCC investigators about the study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years or older
  • histologically and/or cytologically proven diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer
  • never smoker, defined as having smoked less than 100 cigarettes over one's life-time
  • completed survey and inclusion form
  • signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • previous history of cancer (other than lung cancer)
  • living outside the United States
  • patients who cannot read English (as website and questionnaires will only be written in English)
  • unable to understand the protocol or to give informed consent

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
1
Never-smokers with lung cancer
Other: blood sample and questionnaire
After giving informed consent, all patients will be asked to complete questionnaire and will be asked to provide a blood sample for DNA analysis. The questionnaire will consist of a detailed smoking questionnaire, based on the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaire.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
To assess the feasibility of an internet-based protocol to collect clinical information and biological specimens from 2,000 never smokers with lung cancer.
Time Frame: conclusion of the study
conclusion of the study

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Vincent Miller, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 2, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 2, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

September 3, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 30, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 29, 2011

Last Verified

March 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 08-104

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