Donate brain/spinal tumor tissue for drug testing
Part of Brain & nervous system, Cancer clinical trials.
This study collects leftover brain or spinal tumor tissue during neurosurgery (or from autopsies) so researchers can test drugs and measure how they work. It may help future treatments by improving drug screening using real patient tissue.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are having neurosurgery where brain/spinal tissue (including tumor tissue) will be removed
- There will be extra tissue available beyond what doctors need for diagnosis
- If you are having the non-tumor option: you do not have a CNS tumor and you are age 4 weeks to 21 years and at WCMC
- If you enroll as a non-tumor patient: you must not be pregnant at enrollment
- If you join as a parent: you are the biological parent of a patient in this neurosurgery tissue-collection group and you must not be pregnant at enrollment
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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