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Discovery of Soluble Biomarkers for Pancreatic Cancer Using Innovative All-Patient Inclusive Methodology

Discovery of Soluble Biomarkers for Pancreatic Cancer Using Innovative All-Patient Inclusive Methodology (PanEXPEL2)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains among cancers with a very poor prognosis (1-year survival \<20%). Endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration (EUS/FNA) is the common examination for all patients with suspicious pancreatic mass. A method was recently developed : it preserves the sanitary sample, named EXPEL, which allows standard pathology examination and OMICS analyzes from the "rinse" liquid. After EUS/FNA in clinical practice, the content of the needle is rinsed in CytoLyt® preservative solution. After cytofiltration, this liquid is systematically discarded. Based on the EXPEL concept, we hypothesise that this all-patients inclusive approach ("Modified EXPEL" procedure) combined with the methodology to access proteomic and metabolomics information in these original samples will allow us to identify a series of clinically useful marker signatures that will ultimately be measurable, non-invasively, in the patient blood.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
First submitted
28 Apr 2020
Start date
14 Jan 2021
Primary completion date
14 Jan 2021
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Montpellier
NCT number
NCT04370574

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 200
  • From 14 Jan 2021 to the primary completion date, 14 Jan 2021
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Other

  • Vulberable person according to L1121-6 of Public health reglementation in France
  • Pregnant women

Who the study is looking for

  • Patient with pancreatic mass and suspicion of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma requiring endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle biopsy

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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Sites (1)

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MontpellierFranceRecruiting

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