Clinical trials: CTCs
Breast Neoplasms
Identification of Breast Cancer Specific Markers in Patients Compared to Healthy Participants
This is an exploratory research study with the aim of identifying specific cancer biomarkers in various subtypes of breast cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT05054010
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tethis S.p.A.
Prostatic Neoplasms
Cabazitaxel in mCRPC Patients With AR-V7 Positive CTCs
After failure on docetaxel, which has been the standard first line therapy for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), several treatment options are currently available.
- Trial name
- CARVE (NCT02621190)
- Testing
- cabazitaxel
- Where
- Netherlands
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Stomach Neoplasms
The Expression of ZEB1 in CTCs Associated With Metastasis and Recurrence for Gastric Cancer
The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of ZEB1 in CTCs for gastric cancer, its correlation with the clinicopathology of gastric cancer, and the role of ZEB1 in invasion and metastasis in gastric cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT02431078
- Testing
- Routine comprehensive treatment
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- wei bo
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs), Immunotherapy
Predicting Clinical Efficacy of Immunotherapy Using Pre-treatment andContinuousMonitoring of PD-L1 TPS/CPS on CTCs, and Immunity Exhaustion Scores
Head and neck cancer is ranked among the fifth to eighth most prevalent cancers worldwide and is associated with a high mortality rate.
- Conditions
- Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs), Immunotherapy, PD-L1 Expression, Liquidbiopsies
- Trial name
- NCT07396259
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Urothelial Carcinoma
Liquid Biospy for Urinary Cancers
The project aims to characterize the prognostic role of CTCs in Bladder cancer patients, with the specific aims to better stratify patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer at the first transurethral resection of tumor and…
- Trial name
- CIRCE (NCT06116396)
- Testing
- Genetic analysis on isolated cells
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
High Risk Prostate Carcinoma, Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Carcinoma
Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in High Risk and Early Metastatic Prostate Cancer Patients Using Parsortix® System
This study is designed to evaluate the presence and numbers of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cancer related gene expression levels in subjects with localized high-risk prostate cancer (HRLPC) and from subjects with…
- Conditions
- High Risk Prostate Carcinoma, Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Carcinoma, Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer
- Trial name
- CHARTER (NCT05437679)
- Testing
- Blood collection
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Angle plc
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Diagnostic Accuracy of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Onco-exosome Quantification in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer - PANC-CTC
The proposal aims at determining whether liquid biopsy approaches are valid in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Step1 will test 3 CTC isolation methods and analyse by flow cytometry the presence of onco-exosomes in the culture…
- Trial name
- PANC-CTC (NCT03032913)
- Testing
- Blood samples, Portal vein blood sample
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
Lung Cancer
Implementation of Up-front ctDNA Into Lung Cancer Care and Development of Liquid Biopsy-based Decision Support Models - LM² Study
Despite scientific evidence, use of liquid biopsy (LB) in diagnosis and monitoring of lung cancer (LC) is limited since it requires major changes in diagnostic and care pathways.
- Trial name
- LM2 (NCT06105177)
- Where
- 5 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven
Patients With High-risk Prostate Cancer
Circulating Tumor Cells in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Treated With High-dose Radiotherapy and Hormone Therapy
The detection and quantification of Circulating tumor cells CTCs in peripheral blood of patients with prostate adenocarcinoma may be useful at least for: Getting a correct stratification of patients with high-risk prostate cancer…
- Trial name
- NCT01800058
- Where
- 3 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Fundación de Investigación Biomédica - Hospital Universitario de La Princesa
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Frequency of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Amount of Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in Cirrhotic Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
All consecutive patients with liver cirrhosis, with clinical and imaging features suggestive of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) attending the Department of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) from February…
- Trial name
- NCT03162198
- Testing
- Cirrhosis with HCC, Cirrhosis without HCC
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Stage III and IV Glioma Patients
CTCs for High Grade Glioma
The purpose of this study is to identify and quantify circulating tumor markers, which are associated with the presence of tumors.
- Trial name
- NCT02558335
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Circulating Tumor Cell, Volatile Organic Chemicals
Diagnostic Power Comparison Between VOCs and CTCs
Early diagnosis of malignant tumors is pivotal for improving their prognoses. Circulating tumor cells (CTC) in peripheral blood and Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath are newly developed diagnosis method.
- Conditions
- Circulating Tumor Cell, Volatile Organic Chemicals, Breast Cancer, Gastric Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03958812
- Testing
- Circulating tumor cells, Volatile organic compounds
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anhui Medical University
Recurrence, Metastasis
The Clinical Relevance of P16 Expressing CTCs Detection Comparing With HPV Infection in Cancer Tissue in HNSCC Patients.
HNSCC is the 4th highest incidence of cancer and 6th of cancer death of the males in Taiwan. Because the patients were mainly middle-aged male, the disease eventually resulted in a huge loss of labor force, productivity and a…
- Conditions
- Recurrence, Metastasis, Death
- Trial name
- NCT02791607
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Breast Neoplasms
A Study on Neoadjuvant Therapy for Her-2 Positive Breast Cancer and the Prognosis by Detecting CTCs
Docetaxel plus carboplatin and trastuzumab has been a standard treatment for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor-2（HER-2）positive.
- Trial name
- NCT02510781
- Testing
- Epirubicin, Docetaxel, Trastuzumab
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Affiliated to Military Medical Science, Beijing
First or Second Line HER2-negative Breast Cancer, Metastatic Disease Without Bone Metastasis
Effect of Zoledronic Acid as Anti-Cancer Treatment in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
This study will evaluate zoledronic acid's anti-cancer effects and Circulating Tumor Cell (CTCs) measurements in patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer without bone metastasis.
- Trial name
- MACS1295 (NCT01129336)
- Testing
- Zoledronic acid, Standard Therapy
- Where
- 33 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Circulating Tumor Cell, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
CTC Detection Rate in SCCHN With a in Vivo Device
Detection rate and isolation yield of CTC is low in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN) with in vitro approaches rely on limited sample volumes.
- Trial name
- NCT03071900
- Testing
- circulating tumor cell analysis
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Tongren Hospital
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)
Collection of Circulating Tumor Cells From the Peripheral Blood of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
To address the challenges of isolating and analyzing rare cells, this study aims to validate the instrumentation, the test protocols, and the analysis of patient's outcome to show the instrument's capability to reproducibly and…
- Trial name
- NCT02904135
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 141 people
- Sponsor
- MiCareo Taiwan Co., Ltd.
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
The Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Patients With Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Cryosurgery Combined With DC-CIK Treatment
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have the potential to provide a surrogate for'real-time biopsy' of tumor biological activity. Enumeration and molecular characterization of CTCs in colorectal cancer could play an important role in…
- Trial name
- NCT02450422
- Testing
- Flow cytometry (FCM), RT-PCR
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fuda Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
PDAC Peripheral and Portal Vein Sampling
This is a research study in which bio-specimens (whole blood, plasma and serum from peripheral circulation and portal vein) will be collected from patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma for translational research.
- Trial name
- NCT04289961
- Testing
- Portal vein sampling
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Lung Cancer, CTCs
The Establishment and Clinical Application of a Prediction Model of Lung Cancer Distant Metastasis Based on the Genomic Characteristics of Circulating Tumor Cells
Lung cancer is the most common type of cancer in my country, but the 5-year survival time of lung cancer patients is only 17%. Among them, the biggest reason that affects the patient's prognosis is the metastasis of the tumor.
- Trial name
- NCT04568720
- Testing
- blood sample
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese Medical Association