Blood test could spot colon cancer before it spreads
NCT ID NCT07450612
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a blood test (called a liquid biopsy) to see if it can find colorectal cancer, pre-cancerous growths (adenomas), and cancers linked to Lynch syndrome at an early stage. Researchers will enroll 1,200 people who have already had a colonoscopy. The goal is to see how accurate the blood test is compared to standard methods, and whether it can also detect leftover cancer after treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2031
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
Seven independent cohorts of individuals who belong to one of the following seven: * Lynch syndrome, without any Lynch-syndrome-associated cancer * Lynch syndrome, with one or more Lynch-syndrome-associated cancer(s) * Sporadic colorectal cancer * Sporadic advanced adenoma (at most) * Colonoscopy-negative controls * Treatment-naive blood samples * Post-treatment blood samples
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * All individuals included in the study need to have had a colonoscopy at the time of blood sampling. * Received standard diagnostic and staging (as necessary) procedures as per local guidelines, and at least one sample was drawn before receiving any curative-intent treatment. * Received standard pathological and endoscopic diagnosis and assessment for cohort assignment Exclusion Criteria: * Lack of informed consent * Inflammatory bowel disease
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dipartimento di Chirurgia Oncologica e Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale Istituto Nazionale Tumori
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, MI, Italy
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Gastronterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, 20132, Italy
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Prof Giulia Martina Cavestro, MD PhD
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, 20132, Italy
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San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, 20132, Italy
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