Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-26 @ 4:00 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-26 @ 4:00 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02304406
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
\- 1. Histological confirmation of nonsquamous NSCLC, with any TNM stage. 2. Available and sufficient tissue sample for ALK testing 3.Tissue samples are less than 5 years old 4.Routinely processed formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples only (see exclusion criteria pertaining to tissue samples).
5.Histological sections mounted on glass slides must not be older than 3 months 6.Age \> 18 years 7.Any ECOG Performance status 8.Still alive, or death confirmed before inclusion, or is unknown 9.Disease diagnosis and/or treatment in one of the centers, in the last 5 years, assigned to participate in the study; 10.Written informed consent for general investigational testing was previously obtained, or specifically obtained for this retrospective epidemiology study, or having a documented waiver for the Informed consent document use, as required by local regulatory authorities, \&/or Research Ethics committee/Institutional Review Board.
Exclusion Criteria:
* 1- Tumor tissue samples older than 5 year period or samples not properly stored.
2-Tumor tissue samples fixed by using AFA, B5, Bouin's, 95% ETOH, \& alcohol fixatives.
3-Under-fixed tissue samples (i.e. \< 6 hrs) 4-Tumor tissue samples that have been subject to any decalcification processes. 5-Recycled paraffin-embedded tissue samples. 6-Cut slides stored longer than 3 months. 7-Insufficient tissue samples with less tumor cells \& high amount of necrosis.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02304406
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02304406