Blood test may predict dangerous side effects of cancer immunotherapy
NCT ID NCT05973344
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This observational study is looking at whether certain markers in the blood can predict immune-related side effects in cancer patients receiving immunotherapy. Researchers will collect blood samples and health data from 200 participants during routine visits. The goal is to better understand and anticipate these side effects to improve patient care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors predict and manage side effects from immunotherapy, making treatment safer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not lead to a practical test or change in care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
All patients with tumors treated with ICI (anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1/PD-L1, LAG3, etc.) as standard-of-care, alone or in combination with other treatments (chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted therapy)
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
* Age ≥ 18 years old * ECOG performance status ≤ 1 * Must have histologically or cytologically confirmed tumour, eligible for treatment with ICI as standard-of-care alone or in combination with another ICI, ICI with chemotherapy, ICI with radiotherapy, or ICI with targeted therapy with no restrictions on number of prior systemic therapies * Adequate bone marrow function as defined below * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1500/µL or 1.5x109/L * Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL * Platelets ≥ 100000/µL or 100x109/L * Adequate liver function as defined below * Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN. In case of known Gilbert's syndrome \< 3xUNL is allowed * AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) ≤ 3.0 x ULN * Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3.3 x ULN * Adequate renal function as defined below \_- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x UNL or creatinine clearance \> 60 mL/min * Patient monitored for their cancer at CHU of Brest * Did not oppose for their samples and clinical data to be used for translational research * Non-opposition form obtained prior to any study related procedure Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with a significant medical, neuro-psychiatric, or surgical condition, currently uncontrolled by treatment, which, in the principal investigator's opinion, may interfere with completion of the study * Patient already receiving ICI * Primary immunodeficiency and/or history of allogenic transplantation * Current active infection * Known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection (with the exception of chronic or cleared HBV and HCV infection) * Subject of guardianship (tutorship, curatorship) * Active pregnancy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brest University Hospital
RECRUITINGBrest, 29200, France
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