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National Cancer Institute "Cancer Moonshot Biobank"

Cancer Moonshot Biobank Research Protocol

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04314401
Enrollment
1600
Registered
2020-03-19
Start date
2020-11-11
Completion date
2027-04-30
Last updated
2026-04-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Gastric Cancer AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Esophageal Carcinoma, Fallopian Tube Carcinoma, Gastric Carcinoma, Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Carcinoma, Invasive Breast Carcinoma, Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma, Lung Small Cell Carcinoma, Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Melanoma, Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma, Multiple Myeloma, Ovarian Carcinoma, Ovarian High Grade Serous Adenocarcinoma, Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma, Stage III Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Ovarian Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Colorectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Ovarian Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma

Brief summary

This trial collects multiple tissue and blood samples, along with medical information, from cancer patients. The "Cancer Moonshot Biobank" is a longitudinal study. This means it collects and stores samples and information over time, throughout the course of a patient's cancer treatment. By looking at samples and information collected from the same people over time, researchers hope to better understand how cancer changes over time and over the course of medical treatments.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To support current and future investigations into drug resistance and sensitivity and other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored cancer research initiatives through the procurement and distribution of multiple longitudinal biospecimens and associated data from a diverse group of cancer patients who are undergoing standard of care treatment at NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) sites and other National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) sites. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To provide a service of value to study participants and their medical providers through the performance of molecular profiling assays on tumor samples in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)-certified laboratory and reporting of results to physicians and patients that they may opt to use in clinical management, including analysis of data for acquired resistance mechanisms. II. To enable the development of patient-derived models such as cell lines and xenografts for cancer researchers through the provision of biospecimens from up to 20% of study participants to the NCI's Patient Derived Models Repository (PDMR), a national resource available to investigators. III. To develop and implement robust approaches in patient and provider engagement to improve understanding of biobanking and its relationship to cancer research and increase representation of minority and underserved study participants in cancer research. IV. To develop increased capabilities in United States (U.S.) community hospitals and clinics for contribution to cancer research through biobanking activities. V. To enable secondary research generated from the project through deposition of data in public repositories such as Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC), The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) and database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP) and other potential NCI databases, including clinical, radiology and pathology data with an emphasis on treatment response and outcome data. VI. To provide residual biospecimens and associated data from the project to the cancer research community. OUTLINE: Patients undergo collection of tissue samples during baseline and at time of disease progression and collection of blood samples throughout the study, including at time of disease progression. Patients with hematological malignancies also undergo collection of bone marrow and cerebral spinal fluid at the same time points. Archival blood and tissue, as well as bone marrow of patients with hematological malignancies, is also collected if available. Additionally, patients may undergo computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET)/CT and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) throughout the study, and may undergo paracentesis on study. Patient medical records are reviewed, and data is collected for at least 5 years.

Interventions

PROCEDUREBiospecimen Collection

Undergo collection of blood, tissue, bone marrow, and cerebral spinal fluid samples

PROCEDUREComputed Tomography

Undergo CT

PROCEDUREMagnetic Resonance Imaging

Undergo MRI

OTHERMedical Chart Review

Medical charts are reviewed and data is collected

PROCEDUREParacentesis

Undergo paracentesis

PROCEDUREPositron Emission Tomography

Undergo PET/CT

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Is consistent with OR has been diagnosed with one of the following: * Colorectal cancer: stage IV * Non-small cell or small cell lung cancer: stage III/IV * Prostate cancer: metastatic prostate cancer * Gastric cancer, not otherwise specified (NOS): stage IV * Esophageal cancer, NOS: stage IV * Adenocarcinoma of gastroesophageal junction: stage IV * High grade serous ovarian cancer: stage III/IV * Invasive breast carcinoma: stage III/IV * Melanoma: stage III/IV * Acute myeloid leukemia * Multiple myeloma * For the purposes of this study, * Re-staging is allowed * Having more than one primary cancer is allowed, if the patient is being treated solely for one of the eligible cancers listed above * Patient should fit in one of the following four clinical scenarios (a-d) * Undergoing diagnostic workup for one of the diseases listed for which treatment will likely include a new regimen of standard of care therapy OR * Scheduled to begin treatment with a new regimen of standard of care therapy OR * Currently progressing on a regimen of standard of care therapy OR * Currently being treated with a regimen standard of care therapy, without evidence of progression * Requirements for fresh tissue biospecimen collections at enrollment: * For clinical scenarios a, b, and c above, freshly collected tumor tissue or bone marrow (BM) aspirate must be submitted at enrollment * For clinical scenarios a and b, the fresh tissue collection must be prior to starting therapy * For clinical scenario a, the biospecimen collection must be part of a standard of care medical procedure * For clinical scenarios b or c, the biospecimen collection may be part of a standard of care medical procedure OR * The biospecimen collection may be part of a study-specific procedure ("research only biopsy"), when the patient has a tumor amenable to image guided or direct vision biopsy and is willing and able to undergo a tumor biopsy for molecular profiling * Note: For research-only biopsies, the biopsy must not be associated with a significant risk of severe or major complications or death; the procedure cannot be a mediastinal, laparoscopic, open or endoscopic biopsy; nor can the procedure be a brain biopsy; nor can the patient be under the age of majority as determined by each U.S. state * Requirements for archival tissue: * For clinical scenarios a and b above, archival tissue as outlined below must be submitted IF AVAILABLE * For clinical scenarios c and d above, archival tissue as outlined below is REQUIRED * Pre-existing archival material (formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded \[FFPE\] block, BM aspirate, or unstained slides) that: * Contains the cancer type for which the participant is enrolled, and * Was collected no more than 5 years prior to initiation of therapy, and * Contains at least a surface area of 5 mm\^2 and optimal surface area of 25 mm\^2 or 3-5 mL cryopreserved bone marrow aspirate to yield 200 million bone marrow mononuclear cells, and * Contains at least 10% tumor content. 70% tumor content is optimal, and * No more than 1 line of standard of care systemic therapy was administered from the date of archival material collection to the date of initiation of therapy * Requirements for blood collection: ALL scenarios require fresh blood collection at enrollment * Blood collection for clinical scenarios a, b, and c must take place within 1 week of fresh tumor specimen collection * Blood collection for clinical scenario d must take place within 4 weeks of enrollment, and while patient is on treatment * Age 13 or older * Any sex * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0, 1, or 2 * Ability to understand and willingness to sign an informed consent document. Consent may be provided by a Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) in accordance with 45 CFR 46.102(i) * NCI PDMR INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients with CRC with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) status * NCI PDMR INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients with CRC who are 40 years old or younger at time of collection irrespective of mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) status * NCI PDMR INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients with BRCA that are either * Any race/ethnicity with hormone receptor positive (ER+PR+, ER+PR-, or ER-PR+) * African American with triple negative (ER-PR-HER2-) * NCI PDMR INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients with lung cancer (LCA), prostate cancer (PCA), gastroesophageal cancer (GEC), ovarian cancer (OV), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), multiple myeloma (MML)

Exclusion criteria

* Treated with or has already begun treatment with a non-standard of care therapeutic agent (investigational) in an interventional clinical trial * For the purposes of this study, past enrollment in clinical trials whereby the patient was randomized and treated with standard-of-care anti-cancer treatment (chemotherapy regimen, surgery and radiation therapy) is allowed * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness that in the physician's assessment would pose undue risk for biopsy * Use of full dose coumarin-derivative anticoagulants such as warfarin are prohibited. Patients may be switched to low molecular weight (LMW) heparin at physician discretion * Low molecular weight (LMW) heparin is permitted for prophylactic or therapeutic use * Factor X inhibitors are permitted * Use of anti-platelet drugs are permitted * Stopping the anticoagulation treatment for biopsy, bone marrow aspirate, or resection should be per site standard operating procedure (SOP) * NCI PDMR

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Procure, store and distribute longitudinal biospecimens and associated clinical dataUp to 10 yearsWill procure, store and distribute longitudinal biospecimens and associated clinical data for current and future cancer research in order to elucidate molecular mechanisms of sensitivity and intrinsic or acquired resistance to standard of care systemic therapies, including immunotherapy. Cases will be grouped according to patient demographics, cancer type and treatment regimen. Statistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each Biospecimen Source Site (BSS) as well as study aggregate.
Percentage of enrolled patients by cancer type and treatment regimen overallUntil completion of biospecimen collection, up to 3 yearsWill assess the percentage of enrolled patients by cancer type and treatment regimen overall and those who contribute samples to the Drug Resistance and Sensitivity Network and other approved investigators. Statistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each BSS as well as study aggregate.
Percentage of minority and underserved study participants accruedUntil completion of biospecimen collection, up to 3 yearsStatistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each BSS as well as study aggregate.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pan-cancer gene panel tumor next generation sequencing testUntil completion of biospecimen collection, up to 3 yearsStatistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each BSS as well as study aggregate.
Cancer Research Data Commons, The Cancer Imaging Archive and database of Genotypes and Phenotypes data contributionUntil completion of biospecimen collection, up to 3 yearsStatistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each BSS as well as study aggregate.
Percentage of minority and underserved study participants accruedUntil completion of biospecimen collection, up to 3 yearsStatistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each BSS as well as study aggregate.
Percentage of enrolled patients for whom molecular profiling is attemptedUntil completion of biospecimen collection, up to 3 yearsStatistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each BSS as well as study aggregate. Will also be assessed by patient demographics, cancer type and treatment regimen.
Percentage of enrolled patients for whom molecular profiling results are generatedUntil completion of biospecimen collection, up to 3 yearsStatistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each BSS as well as study aggregate. Will also be assessed by patient demographics, cancer type and treatment regimen.
Percentage of enrolled patients for whom samples are obtained at each longitudinal timepointUntil completion of biospecimen collection, up to 3 yearsStatistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each BSS as well as study aggregate. Will also be assessed by patient demographics, cancer type and treatment regimen.
Percentage of collected biospecimens that are delivered to the Patient Derived Models RepositoryUntil completion of biospecimen collection, up to 3 yearsStatistical analysis will be descriptive and will be analyzed for each BSS as well as study aggregate. Will also be assessed by patient demographics, cancer type and treatment regimen.

Countries

Puerto Rico, United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORLyndsay N Harris

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026