RecruitingNCT06342414

An Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy for the Differential Diagnosis of Primary Liver Cancer


Sponsor

City of Hope Medical Center

Enrollment

400 participants

Start Date

Mar 15, 2024

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

It is sometimes difficult to precisely understand whether a primary liver cancer is a hepatocellular carcinoma or a cholangiocarcinoma. The researchers will develop and validate a liquid biopsy, based on exosomal content analysis and powered by machine learning, to help clinicians differentiate these two cancers before surgery.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study tests a new blood-based test using exosomes (tiny particles released by cells) to tell apart two types of primary liver cancer — hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma — which currently can be difficult to distinguish without a biopsy. **You may be eligible if...** - You have been diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (the most common liver cancer) or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer in the liver) - You have had standard diagnostic procedures and blood was drawn before any curative treatment began **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You have both types of liver cancer at the same time - Your liver cancer is not one of the two study types - Your cancer started somewhere else and spread to the liver (secondary cancer) - You are unable or unwilling to provide informed consent Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTELUCIDATE

ELUCIDATE (Evaluation of Liver Cholangiocarcinoma Intrahepatic)


Locations(5)

City of Hope Medical Center

Duarte, California, United States

Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

Fukuoka, Japan

Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University

Kumamoto, Japan

Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine

Sapporo, Japan

Tokushima University

Tokushima, Japan

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