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Lung CancerNCT00340340

Genetic Epidemiology of Lung Cancer and Smoking

An observational study of Lung Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 18 sites in Italy.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

We will conduct an interdisciplinary case-control/sib-pair study of lung cancer designed to explore the genetic determinants both of lung cancer and of smoking. The study includes biospecimen collection as well as exposure information with power to address main genetic effects and gene-environment interactions. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 35 to 79 years
Conditions the study is for
Lung Cancer
How many people
4,429 participants
Where
18 sitesItaly
Study dates
28 Jun 2001to 26 Jun 2020
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 35 to 79 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Lung cancer cases consecutively enrolled from 13 hospitals and population-based controls with no cancer.

Who may be able to join

  • The case group will consist of 2,000 newly incident lung cancer cases, male and female, 35 to 79 years old, with verified lung cancer, collected before or after surgery and prior to chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
  • All histologic types and all stages of lung cancer will be eligible.
  • Cases will be consecutively collected in the departments of thoracic surgery, general surgery, general medicine, and oncology.
  • The pool of cases will be residents of Lombardy derived from 5 cities (Milan, Brescia, Varese, Monza, and Pavia) and the surrounding residential villages served by 14 hospitals, that encompass all five medical schools in the region.
  • Enrolled cases will have no history of other cancers, except for basal cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ cervical carcinoma.
  • Subjects in intensive care units, or with cardiac, hepatic, renal, or CNS failure, or with uncompensated schizophrenia, psychosis, or inability to speak, will not be enrolled.
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  • All subjects will sign an informed consent.
  • The control group will consist of 2,000 gender-, age-, and county-matched controls with no history of cancer.
  • We will choose a population-based or hospital-based control group depending on the result of a pilot study.

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

18 sites in 1 country.

18 sites in 1 country

Italy18 sites
  • Ospedale Fatebenefratelli Sant'Orsola

    Brescia

  • Spedali Civili

    Brescia

  • Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo

    Milan

  • Euromedia Marketing Service

    Milan

  • Fondazione Centro San Raffaele - HSR

    Milan

  • Hosp Niguarda Ca Granda

    Milan

  • Istituti Clinici de Perfezionamento ICP

    Milan

  • L'Azienda Ospedaliera Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico

    Milan

  • Ospedale Maggiore di Milano

    Milan

  • Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo

    Milan

  • Ospedale San Giuseppe

    Milan

  • Universita Degli Studi di Milano

    Milan

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Luigi Sacco

    Milan

  • Interfield

    Milan

  • Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo

    Monza-Milano

  • Policlinico San Matteo

    Pavia

  • Instituto Clinica Humanitas - ICH

    Rozzano-Milan

  • Azienda Ospedale di Circolo di Varese

    Varese

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About this study

Official title: Genetic Epidemiology of Lung Cancer and Smoking; Current Title: Environmental And Genetic Lung Cancer Etiology (EAGLE)

We will conduct an interdisciplinary case-control/sib-pair study of lung cancer designed to explore the genetic determinants both of lung cancer and of smoking. The study includes biospecimen collection as well as exposure information with power to address main genetic effects and gene-environment interactions.

This is an integrated proposal designed to address two major issues: the genetic determinants of lung cancer in smokers and the genetic determinants of smoking. Other important issues will be addressed in the study with a marginal additional cost to the main design. The study achieves excellent power for studying the main effects of genetic factors that are relatively common and good power for formal tests of interactive effects.

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Using a case-control design, with questionnaire, medical record abstraction, and blood collection, we will investigate: main effects of genes on lung cancer risk; gene-environment and gene-gene effects in lung cancer etiology; gene effects on smoking persistence; gene effects on ever-never smoking; gene-psychological interactions in smoking behaviors.

In addition, we will collect viable lymphocytes from all study subjects and tumor, metaplastic and normal tissue samples from 100 surgical cases. With these data and tissues, we will be able to study: genetic instabilities in lung cancer tissue in relation to specific exposures, genotype, persistence of smoking, and clinical presentation of lung cancer; histologic characteristics of lung cancer in relation to genotype, gene expression, somatic mutations, and smoking; functional assays in viable lmphocytes in relation to genotype, gene expression.

Finally, we will identify lung cancer-affected siblings of cases, and the unaffected siblings in the same sibships. This sample will permit us to: replicate associations found in the case-control sample with an alternative analytical method based on transmission statistics; address some population stratification issues.

Read the detailed description

This is an interdisciplinary multicenter case-control study of lung cancer situated in Milan Italy, designed to explore the genetic determinants both of lung cancer and of smoking. We enrolled newly diagnosed lung cancer cases within a defined area around Milan Italy, and population-based controls from the same area. The study includes biospecimen collection as well as epidemiological and clinical data.

This is an integrated proposal designed to address two major issues: the genetic determinants of lung cancer and the genetic determinants of smoking. Other important issues arc addressed in the study with a marginal additional cost to the main design. The study achieves excellent power for studying the main effects of genetic factors that are relatively common and good power for formal tests of interactive eftects.

Using a case-control design, with questionnaire, medical record abstraction, and blood collection. we can investigate:

  • main effects of genes on lung cancer risk
  • gene-environment and gene-gene effects in lung cancer etiology
  • gene effects on smoking persistence
  • genes effects on ever-never smoking

In addition, we have collected viable lymphocytes from all study subjects and tumor, metaplastic and normal tissue samples from at least 400 surgical cases. With these data and tissues, we can study:

  • genetic instabilities in lung cancer tissue in relation to specific exposures, genotype, persistence of smoking, and clinical presentation of lung cancer;
  • histologic characteristics of lung cancer in relation to genotype, gene expression, methylation. somatic mutations, and smoking;
  • functional assays in viable lymphocytes in relation to genotype, gene expression

Moreover. we are collecting clinical reports of treatments, quality of life, recurrence, toxicities, and survival from all cases that consented. With this material we will be able to link the genetic profiles of the cases with data on therapy efficacy, toxicity and survival, to contribute to the improvement of treatment for lung cancer.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Keywords
Population-Based Case Control Study, Lung Cancer, Epidemiology, Smoking, Smokers, Genetics
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms, Smoking

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT00340340
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CasesNewly diagnosed lung cancer cases
ControlsPopulation-based controls

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Tobacco smoking and other exposures and genetic susceptibility measures

    Risk of lung cancer

    Measured: Ongoing

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Jun 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study start28 Jun 2001
  3. Primary completion26 Jun 2020
  4. Study completion26 Jun 2020

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
4,429 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00340340
Sponsor's protocol ID
999901211
Other IDs
01-C-N211
Status last verified
Jun 2020
First submitted
19 Jun 2006
Last updated
30 Jun 2020
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Zuber V, Marconett CN, Shi J, Hua X, Wheeler W, Yang C, Song L, Dale AM, Laplana M, Risch A, Witoelar A, Thompson WK, Schork AJ, Bettella F, Wang Y, Djurovic S, Zhou B, Borok Z, van der Heijden HF, de Graaf J, Swinkels D, Aben KK, McKay J, Hung RJ, Bikeboller H, Stevens VL, Albanes D, Caporaso NE, Han Y, Wei Y, Panadero MA, Mayordomo JI, Christiani DC, Kiemeney L, Andreassen OA, Houlston R, Amos CI, Chatterjee N, Laird-Offringa IA, Mills IG, Landi MT. Pleiotropic Analysis of Lung Cancer and Blood Triglycerides. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2016 Aug 26;108(12):djw167. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djw167. Print 2016 Dec.

    PubMed 27565901
  • Yu G, Gail MH, Consonni D, Carugno M, Humphrys M, Pesatori AC, Caporaso NE, Goedert JJ, Ravel J, Landi MT. Characterizing human lung tissue microbiota and its relationship to epidemiological and clinical features. Genome Biol. 2016 Jul 28;17(1):163. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1021-1.

    PubMed 27468850
  • Shi J, Hua X, Zhu B, Ravichandran S, Wang M, Nguyen C, Brodie SA, Palleschi A, Alloisio M, Pariscenti G, Jones K, Zhou W, Bouk AJ, Boland J, Hicks B, Risch A, Bennett H, Luke BT, Song L, Duan J, Liu P, Kohno T, Chen Q, Meerzaman D, Marconett C, Laird-Offringa I, Mills I, Caporaso NE, Gail MH, Pesatori AC, Consonni D, Bertazzi PA, Chanock SJ, Landi MT. Somatic Genomics and Clinical Features of Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Retrospective Study. PLoS Med. 2016 Dec 6;13(12):e1002162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002162. eCollection 2016 Dec.

    PubMed 27923066

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Lung Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 18 sites in Italy.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Jun 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 18 sites in Italy. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Tobacco smoking and other exposures and genetic susceptibility measures (time frame: Ongoing). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00340340, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Jun 2020.

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