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NCT Number: NCT04609072

Connect for Cancer Prevention Study (Connect)

Background:

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has partnered with nine health care systems across the U.S. to establish the Connect for Cancer Prevention Study. While researchers have made important discoveries, there is more to learn to lower the number of people affected by cancer. By taking part in Connect, participants can help researchers learn how the way we live, our genetics, and our health history may affect cancer risk.

Objective:

To study and better understand the causes of cancer and to find new ways to prevent it.

Eligibility:

The study will include 200,000 adults who get their health care from a partner health care system, are between 30 and 70 years old at enrollment, and have never had cancer. People remain eligible to join if they have or once had non-melanoma skin cancer, or a condition that may raise cancer risk (such as ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS).

Design:

Eligible recruits can sign up for Connect online by creating an account on MyConnect using their email address or phone number. After creating an account, they will complete the informed consent process. All information shared through MyConnect is secure to protect participant privacy. After joining the study, participants will be asked to answer online health surveys a few times a year, donate samples of blood, urine, and saliva every two to three years, and safely share access to their electronic health records with Connect. In the future, participants may donate unused samples that are collected at clinical visits, like tissue, stool, or blood, and may mail in samples collected at home. Participants may also share information from personal health trackers, like wearable devices or apps.

This information will help researchers study the health and behavior patterns that may affect cancer risk.

It takes time to understand the causes of cancer, so Connect will go on for many years. The longer people participate, the more researchers may learn. Participants can leave the study at any time.

Learn more about Connect by visiting cancer.gov/connectstudy.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer General Research Use Neoplasms

Age range

30 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States

About this study

Study Description:

Connect is an observational cohort study that will prospectively collect exposure information and biospecimens and follow participants for cancer and other endpoints. Participants will be free of cancer at study invitation. Because most cancers develop over long periods of time and biological, behavioral and environmental factors can influence cancer development and change over time, participants will be asked to provide repeated exposure information and biological specimens. The study protocol takes advantage of developments in digital technologies as well as exposure and biomarker assessment tools to investigate suspected and emerging factors that can influence cancer development. The study data system will be built within an efficient, flexible and integrated cloud-hosted infrastructure that leverages modern interoperability standards in order to be an accessible research resource for current and future generations of scientists.

Objectives:

The primary objective is to build a state-of-the-art cohort in the US using new technologies and methods to provide a diverse and comprehensive research resource for the scientific community to study:

cancer etiology
precursor to tumor transformation
cancer risk assessment
early detection of cancer
second cancer development and survivorship after a cancer diagnosis

The secondary objective is to establish a rich database connected to a biorepository for general research use.

Endpoints:

The primary endpoints are the continuum of cancer incidence, detection, progression, and survival. Secondary endpoints are numerous and could include methodological research, human biology, ancestry, evolution or health-related outcomes.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Due to the minimal risk nature of this protocol, all individuals interested and able to participate in Connect for Cancer Prevention, who meet the eligibility criteria at time of initial study invitation, will be able to participate. In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

Patients or members of participating IHCS at the time of enrollment
Age between 30 and 70 years old at study invitation

If an individual is determined to be ineligible at the time of enrollment due to age, the individual will be allowed to re-enroll at a later time once the recruit meets the age requirement. This includes recruits that did not meet the original age requirement of 40-65 years of age but now meet the updated age range of 30-70.

Exclusion criteria

An individual who meets any of the following criteria at time of initial study invitation will be excluded from participation in this study:

Individuals with a confirmed history of invasive cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)
Individuals with known cognitive impairment documented in their medical record

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

cancer incidence, progression, and mortality

Time frame: year one and onward

cancer incidence, progression, and mortality outcomes could include, but are not limited to:early biological effects (e.g., inflammation or metabolomic markers) related to cancer, intermediate biomarkers, cancer precursors, cancer risk factors, cancer incidence, cause of death, cancer survival, risk of second cancers and survivorship

Secondary outcomes

general research use

Time frame: year zero and onward

The endpoints are limitless and could include methodological research, human biology, ancestry, evolution or health-related outcomes.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Nicolas A Wentzensen, M.D.

CONTACT

[email protected]

(866) 462-6621

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Nih

Registry information

Official study title

Connect for Cancer Prevention Study: A Prospective Cohort Study Within Integrated Healthcare Systems in the US

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2070
Study completion: 2070
First posted: Oct 30, 2020
Registry last updated: Jul 8, 2026

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