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Epidemiology Controls Using Healthy Participants
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsors and Collaborators: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00476632
  Purpose

Primary Objectives:

  1. Enroll healthy participants who can serve as controls for approved IRB case-control protocols ID00-098 and ID03-0250 conducted by Melissa L. Bondy, Ph.D., and Sara Strom, Ph.D.
  2. Obtain detailed risk factor and food frequency questionnaires.
  3. Collect and store blood samples on all participants

Condition Intervention
Healthy
 Behavioral: Questionnaire

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Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Psychosocial, Longitudinal, Defined Population, Prospective Study
Official Title: Epidemiology Controls Using Healthy Participants

Further study details as provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:

Estimated Enrollment: 1500
Study Start Date: June 2004
Detailed Description:

Informed Consent for Control Subjects:

For this study, you will be asked to complete a personal interview. During the interview, you will be asked questions about your demographics (age, sex, etc.), certain environmental exposures, your medical history, family history, your diet, and your smoking and alcohol use histories. It should take around 50 minutes to complete the interview.

You will also have around 2 ½ tablespoons of blood drawn for special tests. These tests will look for any biologic factors associated with certain cancers. The interview and blood draw will be scheduled at the time and place of your convenience. You will not be informed of the results of any of the testing done with your samples.

There is a possibility that you might be contacted in the future about if researchers need clarification on any of information already collected. You are free to refuse any further participation if you wish.

This is an investigational study. There are no costs associated with participating in this study. You will receive $25.00 for your participation. Up to 1,500 participants will take part in this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Individuals ages 18 and over with no prior cancer
  2. Willing and able to complete an administered questionnaire
  3. Willing and able to donate 30 mL of blood

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Individuals with prior cancer
  2. Individuals under the age of 18
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00476632

Locations
United States, Texas
U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Sponsors and Collaborators
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Melissa Bondy, PhD U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  More Information

Study ID Numbers: 2004-0112
Study First Received: May 21, 2007
Last Updated: August 2, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00476632  
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Epidemiology
Questionnaire
Controls

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Healthy

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009



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