Tissue Procurement for Gastric Cancer, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST), Esophageal Cancer, Pancreas Cancer, Hepatocellular Cancer, Biliary Cancer, Neuroendocrine, Peritoneal Mesothelioma, Anal Cancer and Colorectal Cancer in Patients Undergoing Surgery or Biopsy

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

The purpose of this study is to collect and store normal and malignant tissue from patients with gastric cancer, GIST, esophageal cancer, pancreas cancer, hepatocellular cancer, biliary cancer, neuroendocrine, peritoneal mesothelioma, anal cancer and colorectal cancer, an estimated 50 to 100 of each tumor type. To collect and store blood samples from patients with gastric cancer, GIST, esophageal cancer, pancreas cancer, hepatocellular cancer, biliary cancer, neuroendocrine, peritoneal mesothelioma, anal cancer and colorectal cancer. To create a database for the collected tissue and allow access to relevant clinical information for current and future protocols. To create tissue microarrays for each gastrointestinal cancer subtype, namely, gastric cancer, GIST, esophageal cancer, pancreas cancer, hepatocellular cancer, biliary cancer, neuroendocrine, peritoneal mesothelioma, anal cancer and colorectal cancer, to facilitate future molecular studies. To grant access to Dr Kindler, Dr. Salgia, and Dr. Catenacci to this database (as it is being acquired) of the coupled patient tissue samples (normal and malignant) and relevant clinical information for the investigation of tyrosine kinases, such as Met and Ron, receptor tyrosine kinase family members, STATs, paxillin, focal adhesion proteins, cell motility/migration proteins, tyrosine/serine/threonine kinase family members, related molecules, and downstream targets implicated in the pathogenesis of GI cancers. Examples of molecular testing include evaluation of DNA mutation, alternative splice variants, protein expression and phosphorylation, and immunohistochemistry on samples. These studies will be correlated with clinical information as stated above.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• any patient diagnosed with Gastric (stomach) Cancer, Esophageal (foodpipe) Cancer, Pancreas Cancer, Liver Cancer, Biliary (gallbladder) Cancer, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, Peritoneal Mesothelioma (cancer in the lining of the abdomen), Neuroendocrine (of or relating to the cells that release a hormone into the blood in response to a neural stimulus) Tumor, Anal Cancer or Colorectal Cancer cancer that requires you to undergo a surgical or diagnostic procedure.

Locations
United States
Illinois
The University of Chicago
RECRUITING
Chicago
Contact Information
Primary
Daniel Catenacci, MD
dcatenac@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
773-702-7596
Backup
Hedy Kindler, MD
hkindler@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
773-702-0360
Time Frame
Start Date: 2008-07-02
Estimated Completion Date: 2030-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 1000
Treatments
Gastric Cancer
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
Esophageal Cancer
Pancreas Cancer
Hepatocellular Cancer
Biliary Cancer
Neuroendocrine Cancer
Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Anal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Sponsors
Leads: University of Chicago

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov