Blood test may predict chemo nerve damage before it starts
NCT ID NCT07511569
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to find blood markers that can predict which cancer patients will develop chronic nerve pain from chemotherapy. Researchers will collect blood samples and perform neurological exams on 192 patients over 6 months. The goal is to use this information to personalize treatment and prevent severe side effects.
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- Participants
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About 192 people
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- Expected to start
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Jan 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2029
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
We plan to recruit 192 consecutive patients undergoing cancer treatment with neurotoxic drug (either taxanes - paclitaxel or docetaxel- or platinum-based agent (oxaliplatin), for a treatment duration of at least nine weeks.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who have received detailed information about the study and have signed, with the investigator, a consent form to participate in the study * Patients being treated for cancer at any stage of the disease and scheduled to receive chemotherapy including one (and only one) of the following molecules: paclitaxel, docetaxel, or oxaliplatin, for a planned duration of 9 weeks or more * Age \> 18 years * Life expectancy \> 3 months * Patient affiliated with or entitled to social security Exclusion Criteria: * Patients already suffering from neuropathy or chronic neurogenic pain * Patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (for more than 10 years for type 2 diabetes) * Patients who have already received neurotoxic cancer treatment including those in clinical trials * Patients receiving two of the study molecules simultaneously (only one study molecule is permitted, including in combination chemotherapy but that does not include another neurotoxic molecule) * Patients receiving immunotherapy
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