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NCT00342147

Family Study of Head and Neck Cancers in Taiwan

Completed Last updated 11 December 2020
What this trial tests

trial in Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms in 3,795 participants. Completed in 5 June 2020.

Timeline
7 November 1995
Primary endpoint
31 May 2020
5 June 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorNational Cancer Institute (NCI)
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment3,795
Start date7 November 1995
Primary completion31 May 2020
Estimated completion5 June 2020
Sites1 location across China

Conditions studied

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Who can join

Adults 18 to 99, any sex, with Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms or Herpesvirus 4, Human. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a rare tumor among Caucasians which occurs with high incidence among individuals of Chinese descent. The disease is believed to have a multifactorial etiology with genetic, viral, and other environmental factors being involved. Little is known, however, about the genetic component of this disease. We have recently completed subject recruitment for a case-control study of NPC in Taiwan. Using information obtained from the NPC cases recruited into this NCI-sponsored case-control study as well as from a parallel cross-sectional study conducted by our Taiwanese collaborators, we have been able to identify 120-150 families with multiple family members affected with NPC. The purpose of the study described herein is to determine the role of inherited genetic factors in the etiology of NPC and to examine the effect of these genetic susceptibility factors on risk associated with environmental exposures. Families will initially be contacted via the proband who previously participated in our case-control and cross-sectional studies. Subsequently, informative family members will be asked to visit the study clinic to participate in the study. A family history questionnaire will be administered to the proband from each of the families selected for study. In addition, a risk factor questionnaire will be administered to all participating family members, and 30-40 ml of blood and an oral sample will be obtained from each study participant. Additional study components include medical record review to verify the diagnosis of NPC, retrieval of tumor tissue blocks as a source of DNA for study, and clinical exams on a sample of unaffected individuals to exclude the possibility of prevalent, undetected disease among family members. Oral and laryngeal cancer families will also be recruited in a manner similar to that described for NPC families, in an attempt to elucidate genetic factors linked to the development of these two cancers....

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