NCT01776905Recruiting
In Vivo Real-time Detection of Circulating Melanoma Cells
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The objective of this clinical trial is to determine whether a Photoacoustic flow cytometry (PAFC)-based prototype device can detect circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood of melanoma patients in vivo, in real time, and do so at detection limits at least one order of magnitude below the detection limits of currently existing ex vivo methods.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 75 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 14 Jan 2013
- Start date
- Feb 2013
- Primary completion date
- Jul 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of Arkansas
- Diseases
- Melanoma
- NCT number
- NCT01776905
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 75
- From Feb 2013 to the primary completion date, Jul 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Active infection
- Current and significant medical or surgical condition as determined by the Investigator
- Diagnosis or evidence of organic brain syndrome
Other
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 to 80 years
- Histological documented diagnosis of melanoma
- Signed informed consent form approved by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Must be able to sit still for 90 minutes
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Recruiting |
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