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Malignant NeoplasmPE-CGSNCT06207864

Engagement of American Indians of Southwestern Tribal Nations in Cancer Genome Sequencing

A study testing Biospecimen Collection, Return of Results and Survey Administration in people with Malignant Neoplasm, run by New Mexico Cancer Research Alliance at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

This clinical trial studies engagement strategies for recruiting American Indians (AI) of Southwestern Tribal Nations for cancer genome sequencing. American Indians in the Southwest have higher rates of some types of cancer, such as cancers that arise in the liver, kidney, breast, and colon. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Malignant Neoplasm
What is being tested?
Biospecimen Collection, Return of Results and Survey Administration
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1,001 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
22 Mar 2022to 31 Dec 2030
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • The PE-CGS Research Center is only recruiting and sequencing tumors for adult-onset cancers (patients and survivors) among the American Indian Tribes, Nations, and Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent states
  • Male or female adults (18 years) or older
  • Cancer patient undergoing active treatment or a cancer survivor
  • Self-identify as American Indian

Who cannot join

  • Cognitively impaired
  • Adults unable to consent for themselves
  • Individuals who are not yet adults
  • Prisoners

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Andrew Sussman, PhD contact

(505) 272-4077

ASussman@salud.unm.edu

Kelsey Ayers, BS contact

1-833-795-0464

KeAyers@salud.unm.edu

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102

    Kelsey Ayers, BS, 505 272-5062, KeAyers@salud.unm.edu

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About this study

Official title: Participant Engagement - Cancer Genome Sequencing (PE-CGS) Research Center: Engagement of American Indians of Southwestern Tribal Nations in Cancer Genome Sequencing

This clinical trial studies engagement strategies for recruiting American Indians (AI) of Southwestern Tribal Nations for cancer genome sequencing. American Indians in the Southwest have higher rates of some types of cancer, such as cancers that arise in the liver, kidney, breast, and colon. American Indians with cancer may also live for less time than people from other population groups who have been treated for the same cancer. Damage to the cells of the body, acquired as people live, grow older, and are exposed to the environment, causes genetic changes in cells that can lead to cancer. This study may help researchers learn how these genetic changes in cells cause cancer and understand how and why cancer is arising in American Indians in the Southwest. This may help better prevent and treat cancer in the future.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

The overall objective of the PE-CGS Research Center is to develop culturally appropriate, respectful, trusted, and collaborative means to engage and recruit American Indians affected by cancer (newly diagnosed cancer patients, patients undergoing cancer treatment, and cancer survivors) for molecular characterization of their tumors.

The clinical trial is embedded in the Patient Engagement Unit (PEU) jointly with the Engagement Optimization Unit (EOU)

The specific objectives for the PEU are to:

  1. Conduct direct participant engagement with cancer patients/survivors, community advisors, and partners to refine and optimize methods/processes;
  2. Identify, recruit and consent eligible AI cancer patients/survivors;
  3. Implement tissue acquisition, epidemiologic, behavioral, and clinical data collection, conduct continuous assessment of performance benchmarks;
  4. Return clinical grade and clinically useful genomic data to participants with navigation to counseling and clinical resources as warranted and as they select.

The specific objectives of the EUO are to:

  1. Finalize consenting process and informed consent by direct engagement of AI cancer patients, survivors, healthcare providers, genetic counselors, consenting staff, tribal and spiritual leaders and tribal governance;
  2. Determine AI cancer patients' and survivors' knowledge, attitudes, cultural beliefs, information needs, and communication preferences and practices regarding clinical genomics testing;
  3. Determine AI cancer patients' and survivors' perspectives on strategies to engage and recruit participants for clinical genomics testing.
Being tested
Biospecimen Collection, Return of Results, Survey Administration
Keywords
PE-CGS, Southwestern Tribal Nations, Cancer Genome Sequencing, American Indians
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • Biospecimen CollectionProcedure or surgery

    Also called Biological Sample Collection, Specimen Collection

    Undergo collection of tissue, blood, saliva, and stool samples

  • Return of ResultsProcedure or surgery

    Receive results

  • Survey AdministrationOther

    Surveys and Interviews

Study groups in NCT06207864
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Category 1 (biospecimens, surveys, interviews)ExperimentalCancer patients and survivors undergo collection of tissue, blood, saliva, and stool samples on study for genomic sequencing and microbiome analysis. Cancer patients and survivors also complete surveys and interviews on study pre and post intervention.
Receives: Procedure: Biospecimen Collection; Procedure: Return of Results; Other: Survey Administration

What is being measured

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

  1. Total Enrolled Participants

    Number and percent of eligible participants enrolled and consented

    Measured: Up to 18 months

  2. Data participation rate

    Number and percent of eligible participants who complete, or partially complete, baseline and follow up data collection of epidemiological assessments and follow up data collection of epidemiological assessments

    Measured: Up to 18 months

  3. Biospecimen participation rate

    Number and percent of enrolled participants for whom biospecimens are collected and processed for genomic analysis

    Measured: Up to 18 months

  4. Rate of comprehensive genomic analysis completion

    Number and percent of participants/samples that undergo successful comprehensive genomic and bioinformatic analysis

    Measured: Up to 18 months

  5. Rate of successful return of clinical genetic/genomic results

    Number and percent of participants who elect to receive clinical genetic/genomic results and incidental findings

    Measured: Up to 18 months

  6. Rate of new threptic intervention as a result of participation

    Number and percent of participants/patients whose clinical genomic data facilitates therapeutic intervention

    Measured: Up to 18 months

  7. Rate of Preparatory and Optimization Phase completion

    Successful completion of the Preparatory and Optimization Phases

    Measured: Up to 18 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted17 Jan 2024
  2. Study start22 Mar 2022
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2030 (estimated)

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Sequential
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1,001 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06207864
Sponsor's protocol ID
INST 2108
Other IDs
NCI-2023-02462, 5U2CCA252973
Acronym
PE-CGS
Status last verified
Oct 2026
First submitted
5 Jan 2024
Last updated
20 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • White MC, Espey DK, Swan J, Wiggins CL, Eheman C, Kaur JS. Disparities in cancer mortality and incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2014 Jun;104 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S377-87. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301673. Epub 2014 Apr 22.

    PubMed 24754660
  • Jemal A, Ward EM, Johnson CJ, Cronin KA, Ma J, Ryerson B, Mariotto A, Lake AJ, Wilson R, Sherman RL, Anderson RN, Henley SJ, Kohler BA, Penberthy L, Feuer EJ, Weir HK. Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2014, Featuring Survival. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017 Sep 1;109(9):djx030. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djx030.

    PubMed 28376154
  • Islami F, Miller KD, Siegel RL, Fedewa SA, Ward EM, Jemal A. Disparities in liver cancer occurrence in the United States by race/ethnicity and state. CA Cancer J Clin. 2017 Jul 8;67(4):273-289. doi: 10.3322/caac.21402. Epub 2017 Jun 6.

    PubMed 28586094
  • Ryerson AB, Eheman CR, Altekruse SF, Ward JW, Jemal A, Sherman RL, Henley SJ, Holtzman D, Lake A, Noone AM, Anderson RN, Ma J, Ly KN, Cronin KA, Penberthy L, Kohler BA. Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2012, featuring the increasing incidence of liver cancer. Cancer. 2016 May 1;122(9):1312-37. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29936. Epub 2016 Mar 9.

    PubMed 26959385
  • Nir I, Wiggins CL, Morris K, Rajput A. Diversification and trends in biliary tree cancer among the three major ethnic groups in the state of New Mexico. Am J Surg. 2012 Mar;203(3):361-5; discussion 365. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.12.002. Epub 2012 Jan 10.

    PubMed 22236535
  • Melkonian SC, Jim MA, Haverkamp D, Wiggins CL, McCollum J, White MC, Kaur JS, Espey DK. Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Trends among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 2010-2015. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 Oct;28(10):1604-1611. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-0288.

    PubMed 31575554
  • Li J, Weir HK, Jim MA, King SM, Wilson R, Master VA. Kidney cancer incidence and mortality among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1990-2009. Am J Public Health. 2014 Jun;104 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S396-403. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301616. Epub 2014 Apr 22.

    PubMed 24754655
  • Hoffman RM, Espey DK, Rhyne RL, Gonzales M, Rajput A, Mishra SI, Stone SN, Wiggins CL. Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality disparities in new Mexico. J Cancer Epidemiol. 2014;2014:239619. doi: 10.1155/2014/239619. Epub 2014 Jan 2.

    PubMed 24527035
  • Sauer AG, Siegel RL, Jemal A, Fedewa SA. Updated Review of Prevalence of Major Risk Factors and Use of Screening Tests for Cancer in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 Aug;26(8):1192-1208. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0219. Epub 2017 May 17.

    PubMed 28515109

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Biospecimen Collection, Return of Results and Survey Administration in people with Malignant Neoplasm, run by New Mexico Cancer Research Alliance at 1 site in United States.

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 4 inclusion and 4 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Andrew Sussman, PhD ((505) 272-4077, ASussman@salud.unm.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Total Enrolled Participants (time frame: Up to 18 months). The study lists 7 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT06207864, which also lists 9 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 20 Oct 2026.

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