🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2025-11-04

Use of ctDNA for Monitoring of Stage III Colorectal Cancer (NCT02842203)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Interventional Protocol 📊 Observational Clinical Research Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This observational study will evaluate circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a prognostic marker and as a monitor of disease recurrence in stage III colorectal cancer (CRC).

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (4 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (3 items).

Location: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Age range: 18 Years

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Blood sampling would compromise patients overall health such as presence of severe anemia
  • Unable to give informed consent

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

Explore by condition: All Stage III Colorectal Cancer clinical trials

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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