This section contains references to information on clinical trials related to carcinoid cancer and neuroendocrine tumors. This section may not represent an inclusive list of all clinical trials that are in process or being planned worldwide. To get the most comprehensive results, as well as specific results, use different terminology when searching the Clinical Trials site, i.e. lung neuroendocrine tumors, lung carcinoid, bronchial neuroendocrine tumors, bronchial cancer, etc.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies.

For additional clinical trials contact the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Information service at 800-422-6237. Find NCI-Supported Clinical Trials here: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/search. 

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Health Familial Carcinoid Cancer Study: Natural History of Familial Carcinoid Tumor

This study is currently recruiting participants. Verified by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC), September 2016.

Article published in Gastroenterology in 2015:

A Hereditary Form of Small Intestinal Carcinoid Associated with a Germline Mutation in Inositol Polyphosphate Multikinase

Information from the NIH:

NIH Study Finds Genetic Link for Rare Intestinal Cancer

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