Blood test could revolutionize breast cancer monitoring
NCT ID NCT06807502
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a device called ScreenCell that counts circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in a blood sample from breast cancer patients. Researchers want to see if changes in CTC numbers over time can help track how the cancer is progressing. The study will include 93 women with early-stage or metastatic breast cancer and follow them for up to 36 weeks.
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 lead to a simple blood test to track breast cancer progression and guide treatment decisions.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study, not a treatment trial. The device may not prove reliable enough for routine use.
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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 93 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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 For all participants : * Female with age greater than or equal to 18 years For participants with metastatic breast cancer: \- Patient observed with metastatic breast cancer from the outset or metastatic fall from previously treated breast cancer with change of therapeutic line at the time of inclusion. For participants with non-metastatic invasive breast cancer: \- Patient observed with non-metastatic infiltrative breast cancer who had not received any treatment at the time of inclusion (naïve to any treatment) For healthy volunteers: * Participant free of any cancer at the time of inclusion, confirmed using a mammogram whose results must be satisfactory, done at the latest two years before inclusion * Participant with no history of cancer EXCLUSION CRITERIA For all participants: * Male * Age less than 18 years old * Refusal to participate or withdrawal of consent * Pregnant and/or breastfeeding women * Discovery of a cancerous pathology (other than breast cancer for patients) during participant follow-up. For healthy volunteers: * History of cancer * Detection of CTC (positive profile) during screening
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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
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CMC Ambroise Paré Hartmann
RECRUITINGNeuilly-sur-Seine, 92200, France
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