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The Suitability of Sniff Dog as a Tool in Screening Tumors

The Suitability of Sniff Dog as a Tool in Screening Tumors-- a Prospective Observational Study


Sponsor

Chang-Qing Gao

Enrollment

4,000 participants

Start Date

Jan 1, 2014

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Previous studies have demonstrated that sniff dogs can identify cancer patients from healthy subjects through sniffing exhaled breath air or blood or serum or urine or feces. It is hypothesized that sniff dogs may be used as a tool in screening cancer patients in health examination. Trained dogs will sniff serum from participants who are attending the annual health examination to identify potential or high risk subjects, and the results will be compared with the outcome of the traditional health examination, and the high risk subjects will be followed periodically for at least five years.


Eligibility

Min Age: 20 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is testing whether specially trained dogs that can detect cancer by smell can reliably identify cancer from patient samples (such as urine or breath), as a potential low-cost, non-invasive cancer screening tool. **You may be eligible if...** - You have been diagnosed with a specific type of cancer (such as prostate, breast, or lung cancer, depending on the study arm) - You are willing to provide biological samples (such as urine or breath) for the trained dogs to assess - You are willing to participate in a control group if you do not have cancer, to allow comparison - You are at least 18 years old **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You have received certain treatments (such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy) recently, which may alter the scent profile - You have conditions that may confuse the scent results (such as active infections) - You are pregnant - You cannot provide a usable sample Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Locations(1)

The Third Xiang-Ya Hospital

Changsha, Hunan, China

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