https://pittplusme.org/study/2758
PAGER Study - Healthy Volunteers
STUDY BASICS
Are you 50 years of age or older? You may be eligible to participate in a research study to study the genes that may cause pancreatic cancer. As part of our study, we are asking people to complete a questionnaire about their health history, diet, environmental exposure and history of pancreatic cancer, and give some blood and a urine specimen. Compensation is provided.
STUDY PURPOSE
The goal of this study is to find genetic changes that increase people to the risk of pancreatic cancer and to develop new tests for the early detection and diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in people with or without other disorders.
COULD THIS STUDY BE RIGHT FOR YOU?
- are 50 years of age or older
- have never personally had any pancreatic diseases
- have never personally had a cancer diagnosis (basal cell or squamous cell skin cancers are acceptable)
- have no family history of pancreatic cancer
- no new diabetes diagnosis within 3 months
- no newly uncontrolled diabetes within 3 months
WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT
Study participation includes a one time blood and urine sample and completion of questionnaires.
IRB: STUDY19070256
- The Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Gene Environment Risk (PAGER) – A prospective cohort study
MEET THE RESEARCHER
Randall Brand
Randall E. Brand, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Gastrointestinal Malignancy Early Detection, Diagnosis & Prevention Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Brand received his undergraduate degree and completed medical school at the University of Michigan and completed his gastroenterology fellowship at University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Brand’s research focuses on the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and other cystic lesions of the pancreas, and the management of familial pancreatic cancer and other hereditary GI disorders.