NCT04616131Recruiting
Evaluating the Prognostic Capability of ctDNA as a Biomarker in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
For patients who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that has not spread outside of the pancreas and nearby lymph nodes. The purpose of this research study is to understand if we are able to detect pancreatic cancer DNA in the blood stream before, during, and after treatment.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 500 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Oct 2020
- Start date
- Oct 2020
- Primary completion date
- Oct 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Diseases
- Pancreatic cancer
- NCT number
- NCT04616131
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 500
- From Oct 2020 to the primary completion date, Oct 2027
- 3 sites 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
- Biopsy proven metastatic disease
Who the study is looking for
- Biopsy or cytology proven adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
- No clinical evidence of metastatic disease on imaging
- Age 18 or older
- Receiving chemotherapy for non-metastatic pancreatic cancer
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | DeKalb | United States | Recruiting |
| Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Delnor Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Geneva | United States | Recruiting |
| Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warrenville | United States | Recruiting |
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