NCT Number: NCT01354002
Protocol for Collecting, Banking and Distributing Human Tissue Samples: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Tissue Resources Core Facility
The aims of this protocol are: to collect and store diseased and normal tissue and body fluid samples from new and returning patients at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH), affiliated sites and collaborating institutions; to collect and store samples from relatives of SJCRH patients; to collect and store retrospective and prospective pertinent corresponding clinical and laboratory data on disease characterization, treatment, and outcome; and to serve as a source of human biological samples and corresponding laboratory and clinical data.
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Sex eligibility
All sexes
Study type
Observational
Primary location
St. Jude Clinic at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children, Huntsville, Alabama, United States
About this study
There is no study design for this protocol. Samples obtained under IRB/IEC-approved protocols that clearly permit storage of patient material at SJCRH will be banked, provided proof of informed consent is available. Such samples will be tagged accordingly and will be only released to fulfill the aim(s) of the protocol under which they were obtained, or to investigators that apply to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Tissue Resources Committee to use the samples.
Who can participate
Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
- Patients (and their relatives) and control populations treated or studied at SJCRH and SJCRH affiliates and collaborating sites that have IRB approval for TBANK with malignant and non-malignant conditions.
- Patients from institutions that do not have Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for TBANK, and at which a banking mechanism may not be established, who provide samples for research at St. Jude and from whom consent for TBANK is obtained by the TBANK principal investigator (PI).
- Samples from employees of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH) collected for public health surveillance studies (e.g. SJTRC-NCT04362995) provided the employees have consented to participate in the specific IRB-approved studies.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients from institutions that do not have IRB approval for TBANK, and who have not provided consent for TBANK, or patients not enrolled on SJCRH protocols that incorporate consent for tumor banking.
Treatment and study plan
Primary outcomes
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Collecting, processing and archiving human tissue
Time frame: Samples will be stored indefinitely.
Human tissue and body fluids will be collected for use in research; The processing of samples helps to reduce duplication of technical effort, equipment, supplies, and laboratory space by investigators requiring human tissues for research
Study contacts
Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.
Sponsors and collaborators
Lead sponsor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Other
Registry information
Official study title
TBANK: Protocol for Collecting, Banking and Distributing Human Tissue Samples: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Tissue Resources Core Facility
Important dates
- Study start
- 2009
- Primary completion
- 2050
- Study completion
- 2050
- First posted
- May 16, 2011
- Registry last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
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