Tissue Collection Protocol for Gastroesophageal Cancers

University Health Network, Toronto

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Esophageal Cancer

Treatments: Other: Tissue Collection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02495337

14-8514

Details and patient eligibility

About

This proposed collection of primary tumor cells lines will benefit esophageal cancer research within the University Health Network. This collection of gastro-esophageal tumor samples will be used to grow primary tumor cell lines, which will provide researchers with ready samples of various gastro-esophageal cancers. This will help to address the issue of access to these cell lines due to the limited number of patients with gastro-esophageal tumors, and high rates of contamination.

Full description

Samples will be collected during surgery, EGD, or other biopsy. The surgeon will resect a sample for the research coordinator and/or fellow who will collect the sample and take it back to the lab for processing. Samples collected will be in excess of standard samples that are sent for pathology. The surgeon will make sure that excess samples will not affect pathological diagnosis. In addition samples may be purchased from the National Cancer Institute's Cooperative Human Tissue Network.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with esophagogastric cancer and/or GERD +/- Barrett's esophagus who will undergo surgery and/or EGD as standard of care.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are not well enough to undergo surgery or EGD as standard of care.

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

TIssue Collection

Description:

Only one arm will be used to collect tissue from Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Treatment:

Other: Tissue Collection