Blood test may boost colon cancer screening in those who skip it
NCT ID NCT07436637
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 28, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether offering a blood test (Guardant Shield) can increase colon cancer screening in people who are overdue. About 500 adults aged 45-85 will either get a standard reminder to screen or also have the option to give a blood sample. The goal is to see if the blood test option leads to more people completing screening within 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Guardant Shield blood test
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a simple blood test helps more people get screened for colon cancer, potentially catching it earlier.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on screening uptake, not on proving the blood test's accuracy or long-term benefits. The test may not replace colonoscopy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
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.
- Ages
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45 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults 45 - 85 years of age at average risk and able to provide informed consent. * Patients overdue for a screening colonoscopy or stool-based test that was ordered by their University of Miami (UM) clinician. Exclusion Criteria: * Impaired decision-making capability/unable to provide informed consent. * Patients with high-risk conditions: * Personal history of colorectal cancer (CRC), adenomas, or other cancers * Those who had a positive result on another CRC screening method within the last six months, an abnormal stool test that found blood in your stool within the last 12 months, or abnormal Cologuard (FIT-DNA Test) in the last 3 years * Those with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), chronic ulcerative colitis (CUC), Crohn's disease * Those who have a family history of colorectal cancer (in a parent, brother, sister, or child) * Genetic predisposition requiring more frequent screening (such as Lynch syndrome, IBD, history of colectomy, etc.) * Symptoms like rectal bleeding, weight loss, or other signs for which your doctor ordered a colonoscopy - not simply as a screening tool
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Miami
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33136, United States
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