African Cancer Genome Cohort to Promote Health Equity Among Patients of African Ancestry: Characterization of Genetic and Molecular Drivers

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

The goal of this study is to develop a comprehensive characterization of genetic and molecular drivers of breast and prostate cancer in individuals of African ancestry. The study is conducted by the African Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3) and involves the recruitment of patients from nine international AC3 research sites in the Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Namibia, and Trinidad and Tobago, and the US. The main questions are to: molecularly characterize genomic changes in the African Cancer genomes of the breast and prostate and identify the effects of social determinants of health and lifestyle factors on mutational landscape. Black individuals that have been diagnosed with pathologically confirmed prostate or breast cancer will be included. Detailed social determinants of health survey, blood and archived FFPE tissues will be collected. (Tier 1) All patient tissues will be subject to IHC for receptor status (ER, AR, PR Her2/neu). All patients with available germline DNA from blood will receive genetic screening using a Commercial gene panel testing. (Tier 2) Patient samples with a negative genetic screening will be subject to whole exome sequencing or banked for later RNA or methylation sequencing.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 85
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Male or female patients, 18-85 years of age, diagnosed with a pathologically confirmed cancer at any stage at diagnosis. Participant can have a history of a previous cancer we will control for previous history of cancer diagnosis in our analysis.

Locations
United States
Pennsylvania
Fox Chase Cancer Center
RECRUITING
Philadelphia
Contact Information
Primary
Camille Ragin, PhD, MPH
Camille.Ragin@fccc.edu
215-728-1148
Backup
Sophia George, PhD
sophia.george@med.miami.edu
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-11-28
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 1500
Treatments
Breast Cancer
Female patients
Prostate Cancer
Male patients
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso, The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados, Morgan State University, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Innovating Health International, Haiti, University of Abomey Calavi, Benin, University of Nairobi, Kenya, The University of The West Indies School of Clinical Medicine and Research, The Bahamas, Pfizer, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia, The University of The West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Leads: Fox Chase Cancer Center

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