NCT05497531Recruiting
Pilot Comparing ctDNA IDV vs. SPV Sample in Pts Undergoing Biopsies for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancers
Pilot Trial Comparing Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) From Immediate Draining Vein vs. Standard Peripheral Vein Sample in Patients Undergoing Biopsies for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancers
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a prospective pilot protocol investigating whether ctDNA detection be improved by sampling the cancer draining vein versus the standard practice of sampling from a peripheral vein in patients who are undergoing biopsies for hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 15 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 Aug 2022
- Start date
- 7 Sept 2022
- Primary completion date
- Jun 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
- NCT number
- NCT05497531
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 15
- From 7 Sept 2022 to the primary completion date, Jun 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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Lab values
- Platelet count \< 30,000/ul
- International Normalized (INR) \> 1.5
Other
- Patients unable to hold reasonably still on a procedure table or hold their breath during imaging or needle passes
- Patients with a gross body weight over 375 pounds (upper limit of the CT and angiography tables)
- Patients with uncorrectable coagulopathy
- Patients with moderate to severe ascites who cannot undergo trans-jugular biopsy or sufficient drainage
- No clear reachable target for percutaneous or trans-jugular biopsy
- Patient who cannot have a peripheral blood draw for ctDNA
Who the study is looking for
- 18 years of age or older
- Have or are undergoing work-up for hepatobiliary and/or pancreatic carcinoma (such as hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, ampullary carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma)
- Scheduled for an image-guided percutaneous or trans-jugular biopsy of a lesion
- Must be able to provide a written informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Recruiting |
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