An observational study in Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, sponsored by First People's Hospital of Hangzhou. Not yet recruiting at 9 sites in China. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-29.
Sponsored by First People's Hospital of Hangzhou · Observational
This prospective, observational patient registry will enroll approximately 1,000 individuals with a clinical or molecular diagnosis of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) at participating hospitals in China. The registry will collect standardized clinical information, existing genetic test reports, family history, and longitudinal outcomes. The primary objective is to estimate the 10-year cumulative incidence of a first invasive malignancy after enrollment among participants without a previous malignancy or an unresolved suspected malignancy at baseline, accounting for death as a competing event. Secondary objectives address organ-specific malignancies, new primary cancers in participants with a cancer history, mortality, major polyp-related complications, and clinical and STK11 variant characteristics. Participants may be followed for up to 20 years. Biospecimen donation, additional baseline sampling, research sequencing, and patient-derived organoid studies are optional and require the corresponding consent. Refusal of an optional component does not preclude participation in the clinical registry. No treatment or clinical surveillance strategy is assigned by the study.
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a rare inherited tumor-predisposition syndrome associated with gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps, mucocutaneous pigmentation, and increased risks of several malignancies. This multicenter registry will document the clinical course of enrolled patients receiving usual care and will support carefully defined genotype-phenotype and translational research. It is a hospital-based, non-probability sample and is not designed to provide a probability-representative estimate for the entire Chinese PJS population.
The purpose of this study is to establish a nationwide multicenter registry of patients with PJS, integrating standardized clinical information, existing genetic reports, optional biospecimen studies and prospective follow-up. The primary objective is to estimate 10-year cumulative incidence of a first invasive malignancy among participants without previous or unresolved suspected malignancy at baseline. The study will support defined genotype-phenotype and translational analyses; it does not assign treatment or clinical surveillance.
Specific study objectives are listed below:
The registry will implement standardized baseline clinical-data abstraction, prospective follow-up and outcome review, with historical medical information will be abstracted at baseline and distinguished from prospectively observed events. All eligible, consenting participants contribute to the clinical registry. Participants will be contacted approximately every 12 months through routine visits, telephone, or institution-approved remote methods. Clinical and genetic associations will account for family relationships, recruitment pathway, center, and relevant prespecified covariates. STK11 germline variants will be classified using the ACMG/AMP framework and applicable subsequent guidance, with the reference sequence, testing scope, evidence, and interpretation date documented. Germline and tumor-only findings will be distinguished. Untested participants, participants with limited testing, those with variants of uncertain significance, and those with adequately evaluated negative findings will not be combined into a single wild-type group.
The primary analysis will estimate the cumulative incidence function at 10 years using an Aalen-Johansen approach, with uncertainty accounting for family clustering when supported by the data. Attained-age analyses will use delayed entry at enrollment and will not treat the period before enrollment as prospectively observed person-time. Optional biospecimen studies prioritize clinical residual material. No research-only tissue biopsy or enlargement of a clinical resection is permitted.Research sequencing, multi-omics, and patient-derived organoid or tumor-organoid studies will be performed only in authorized, suitable subsets. Laboratory and analytical methods will distinguish biological participants from repeated specimens or culture wells. Predictive biomarker analyses require pre-outcome specimens and family-separated validation. Research findings will not direct clinical treatment; clinically meaningful findings considered for return require appropriate confirmation, counseling, and the participant's documented preference.
22 studies on the registry are indexed under Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome; 8 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 1,000 is above the median of 347 across 12 observational studies indexed under Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome.
Browse Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome studies →First People's Hospital of Hangzhou is the lead sponsor of 73 studies on the registry; 28 are open to participants now.
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Individuals with a confirmed clinical or molecular diagnosis of PJS who receive care at participating centers in China. Recruitment will be consecutive where feasible. Previous cancer does not preclude registry enrollment. Diagnostically unconfirmed relatives are not independently enrolled under this version. Relatives who independently meet clinical or molecular diagnostic criteria may enroll with separate consent and a unique individual identifier linked to a pedigree.
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Biospecimen donation, availability of all specimen types, and participation in research sequencing or organoid experiments are not required for clinical registry enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria:
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The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
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Histologically or cytologically confirmed
The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
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Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Individuals meeting protocol-defined clinical diagnostic criteria or carrying a confirmed germline pathogenic or likely pathogenic STK11 variant associated with PJS. Participants with and without previous cancer may enroll. Optional biospecimen and genetic components do not determine clinical registry eligibility.
10-year cumulative incidence of a first invasive malignancy
Time from registry enrollment to the first confirmed invasive malignant neoplasm among participants with no previous malignancy and no unresolved suspected malignancy at baseline. Pathology will be the preferred evidence for solid tumors; hematologic malignancies will follow the relevant diagnostic criteria. Benign lesions, in situ disease, recurrence, progression, and metastases from an existing primary are excluded from this endpoint. The cumulative incidence at 10 years will be estimated with death before malignancy as a competing event. Participants with previous malignancy are not included in this primary risk set.
Time frame: From enrollment to 10 years after enrollment, first invasive malignancy, death, withdrawal, or last reliable event-free assessment, as applicable.
Organ-specific cumulative incidence of a new primary invasive malignancy
First new primary invasive malignancy at each specified organ site, analyzed separately among participants without a previous malignancy at that site and with the relevant organ at risk at baseline. Site and histologic type will be recorded. Death and removal of the at-risk organ without target cancer will be handled according to the prespecified competing-risk or multistate analysis. In situ disease and metastases will not be counted as new primary invasive cancers.
Time frame: From enrollment up to 20 years; estimates at 5, 10, and 20 years where supported.
Cumulative incidence of a subsequent new primary invasive malignancy in participants with a cancer history
Time from enrollment to the next confirmed new primary invasive malignancy among participants with a malignancy diagnosed before enrollment. New primary disease will be distinguished by clinical review from recurrence, progression, and metastasis of an existing cancer. Death before a subsequent primary cancer is a competing event.
Time frame: From enrollment up to 20 years.
All-cause mortality
Time from enrollment to death from any cause among all enrolled participants. Death dates and evidence sources will be recorded. Participants not known to have died will be censored at the last date on which they were known to be alive or the applicable end of follow-up. Survival probabilities and death rates will be reported.
Time frame: From enrollment up to 20 years; summaries at 5, 10, and 20 years where supported.
Cumulative incidence of cancer-related death
Time from enrollment to death attributed to malignancy, based on available medical records, death documentation, and outcome review. Non-cancer death is a competing event. Deaths of uncertain cause will be recorded separately and included in sensitivity analyses.
Time frame: From enrollment up to 20 years.
Cumulative incidence of a first major polyp-related complication
Time from enrollment to the first episode of intussusception, bowel obstruction, or gastrointestinal bleeding that results in hospitalization, emergency surgery or endoscopic treatment, or transfusion. Preventive polypectomy without an acute complication is excluded. Repeat episodes and the individual components will also be documented and summarized separately.
Time frame: From enrollment up to 20 years.
Age at clinical diagnosis of PJS
Age, in years, when the participant first met documented clinical diagnostic criteria for PJS. The evidence source and precision of the date will be recorded. Median, interquartile range, and the number with available information will be reported; molecularly ascertained participants without a clinical diagnosis will be identified separately.
Time frame: At enrollment, using available historical records.
Baseline gastrointestinal polyp involvement by anatomical site
Number and proportion of participants with documented PJS-related polyps in each gastrointestinal site before or at baseline, with sites reported separately. Each proportion will use the number with sufficient information for that site as its denominator; unassessed or unknown sites will not be coded as negative.
Time frame: At enrollment, using available historical and baseline records.
Distribution of documented STK11 germline variant classifications and variant types
Counts and proportions of participants and independent families by STK11 germline variant classification and predefined variant type. Testing method, scope, and interpretation date will be documented. Pathogenic/likely pathogenic findings, variants of uncertain significance, adequately assessed negative findings, limited testing, and no testing will be reported separately. Genotype-phenotype association analyses use the clinical endpoints defined elsewhere and are exploratory.
Time frame: At enrollment; updated classifications retained separately during follow-up.
Plan to share: No
Start is estimated for Oct 2026; primary completion for Oct 2046, 240 months later.
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