Data Collection, Clinical Care and Interventions in CCR, NCI

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Neoplasms; Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00923065

04-C-0165

040165

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study provides cancer care through the National Cancer Institute's Medical Oncology Branch (MOB) to patients who are not enrolled in an active treatment research protocol. Patients receive standard treatments only; no investigational therapies are provided on this protocol.

Patients 18 years of age and older may be eligible for this protocol. Candidates are patients for whom an NCI investigator decides that the interests of the patient and the NCI are best served by the patient's enrollment in this protocol to receive care and follow-up within the MOB. This includes patients in the following categories:

• Patients previously enrolled in NCI trials whose participation in this protocol may continue to provide researchers important scientific information
• Patients who will be eligible for a research protocol within the foreseeable future
• Patients whose medical welfare will be seriously compromised by referral back to the community, such as patients with a rare or complex disease for which community resources are inadequate or unavailable
• Terminally ill patients who have received most of their specialized medical care at the Clinical Center and for whom humanitarian considerations dictate that they continue to receive their medical care at NIH after going off study for the remaining weeks or months of life
• Patients with cancer or HIV, or people at risk for cancer or HIV for whom cancer treatments at the NCI are requested through the MOB consult service
• Patients who are participating in a non-treatment NCI research protocol and require standard-of-care therapy
• Patients with cancer or HIV or people at risk for cancer for whom cancer treatment or management at the NCI would add significant value to the institute's cancer training program

Participants receive standard medical care, including periodic routine laboratory tests, diagnostic x-rays, and nuclear medicine scans to monitor the course of illness and the effects of any treatment.

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Full description

Background:

• Clinical Investigators within the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) evaluate and treat patients with cancer, HIV, and individuals at risk for developing cancer in the context of active research protocols.
• In some cases, it may be in the best interests of both the individual and the CCR to provide consult services, treatment/interventions, and/or follow-up to certain individuals and collect the data obtained for future research.

Objectives:

-To provide a repository of information on enrolled participants to allow for hypothesis generation in future research

Eligibility:

• To allow a mechanism to provide consult, treatment, and medical follow-up for patients, including genetic education and counseling as well as cell/marrow donors to NCI patients and other individuals needed to be seen within the CCR.
• It is in the best interests of the individual and the CCR for the individual to receive a consultation or other medical evaluation, treatment, or follow-up, or to donate cellular products at the NCI, NIH Intramural Research Program.

Design:

• This protocol will provide the administrative vehicle for NCI investigators to provide consult services to individuals.
• Medical/surgical/radiotherapeutic care, treatment, and follow-up may be provided for certain participants.
• No investigational therapies will be administered on this study.

Enrollment: 10,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 weeks to 120 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• INCLUSION CRITERIA:

• Individuals must be age 2 years or older if therapeutic interventions are required. Otherwise, there are no age restrictions beyond the neonatal period (4 weeks).

• Individuals will be eligible if they meet one of the following criteria:

  • are seeking a consultation from NCI/CCR.
  • whose medical welfare will be seriously compromised by referral back to the community, such as rare/complex diseases in which community treatment is inadequate or adequate community resources are unavailable.
  • have cancer, HIV, or are at risk for cancer and/or HIV for whom cancer evaluation, treatment or management at the NCI is requested.
  • who will serve or have served as cellular therapy donors, for the treatment of a recipient of cellular therapy on an NCI trial.
  • are participants or biologic family members of deceased participants, where genetic testing is required or a clinically actionable germline pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant with medical implications was discovered by a research laboratory that requires CLIA confirmation. Note: In some cases, enrollment onto this study is also necessary when the prior study on which the involved participant was originally enrolled is closed and/or the participant is now off study.

• The individual or their Legally Authorized Representative is able and willing to provide informed consent.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

None

Trial design

10,000 participants in 4 patient groups

Consults

Description:

Individuals being seen as a consult.

Donors

Description:

Donors of cellular products.

Genetic Follow-Up

Description:

Individuals with a known/suspected germline genomic research incidental pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant, and/or who require CLIA confirmation.

Patients

Description:

Individuals being enrolled for the treatment or follow-up of their disease.