NCT07235865Recruiting
Non-Invasive Diagnosis and Monitoring of Cardiac Masses by Liquid Biopsy
Non-Invasive Diagnosis and Monitoring of Cardiac Masses by Liquid Biopsy: The CarMA Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a nonprofit, observational, prospective and retrospective,multicenter study in a population of young and adult patients ≥12 years with a diagnosis of a cardiac mass. The study will include both patients with masses of unknown pathological diagnosis and patients with a known histology of benign or malignant tumors. We predict a case-control allocation ratio of 1:1 between cardiac malignant tumors and benign lesions. Peripheral blood will be collected at participating centers during routine venipuncture,processed and then shipped for liquid biopsy ctDNA NGS analyses. If available, in malignant cases, matched tumor tissue samples collected as per clinical practice solid biopsies or surgery will be used for analyses. Longitudinal tracking through serial blood draws could be performed in selected cases of patients with cardiac malignancies who receive cancer treatment
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 26 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 23 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 25 Jul 2024
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Niguarda Hospital
- Diseases
- Colorectal cancer, Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT07235865
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 26
- From 25 Jul 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 2025
- 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
- 1\. Inability of the pa ent to fully understand and sign the informed consent.
Who the study is looking for
- Age ≥12 years old
- Suspected or confirmed diagnosis of a cardiac mass of any nature as assessed by standard clinical, radiological and/or pathological procedures.
Age in the registry: 12 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niguarda Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
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