SPECTA is a quality assured platform for collecting clinicopathologically annotated biological material, imaging data, operative images, environmental assessment, questionnaires as well as patient-reported outcomes from cancer patients to support biospecimen-based translational research and clinical cancer research, including biomarker discovery to improve the understanding of tumor biology and cancer patients care.
Patients are recruited in the platform for the research purpose of 4 downstream projects. For more information, please have a look at the "Groups and cohorts" section.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
4,975
WES, lcWGS and RNAseq, multiplex IF and IMC
WES, RNAseq and EPIC array
NGS panel
To establish a quality assured platform to improve the understanding of tumor biology and cancer patients care
material (including imaging data) as well as patient-reported outcomes from patients with cancer diagnosis to support biospecimen-based translational research and biomarker discovery to improve the understanding of tumor biology and cancer patients care.
Time frame: 5 years
To perform biospecimen and data based high quality research aiming to better understand the biology of cancer, and/or how it is currently managed and/or how to better diagnose and treat it in the future;
Time frame: 5 years
To investigate the molecular pathways related to the development of specific tumors from a biological point of view;
Time frame: 5 years
To investigate the effect of cancer treatment on the tumor, microenvironment and patients globally;
Time frame: 5 years
To collect large series of homogeneous clinical data to analyse the disease course and treatment performed;
Time frame: 5 years
To investigate the prevalence and validate the prognostic or predictive value of novel biomarkers in cancers;
Time frame: 5 years
To perform biospecimen and data based high quality research aiming to facilitate the discovery of new test for tumor biomarkers or facilitate the establishment of validated tests for tumor biomarkers;
Time frame: 5 years
To identify patients with molecular alterations in their tumor that can be matched to biomarker-driven clinical trials, to facilitate enrollment of cancer patients in biomarker-driven clinical trials.
This platform is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.
NGS panel
Medical University Vienna - General Hospital AKH
Vienna, Austria
RECRUITINGOnze Lieve Vrouw Ziekenhuis
Aalst, Belgium
RECRUITINGZAS Middelheim
Antwerp, Belgium
RECRUITINGHopitaux Universitaires - Institut Jules Bordet
Brussels, Belgium
RECRUITINGUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
RECRUITINGCliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels, Belgium
RECRUITINGUniversitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Ghent, Belgium
RECRUITINGPole Hospitalier Jolimont - Hopital Jolimont
Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium
RECRUITINGU.Z. Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Leuven, Belgium
RECRUITINGC.H.U. Sart-Tilman
Liège, Belgium
RECRUITING...and 124 more locations
Time frame: 5 years