Blood test may replace biopsies for rare lymphoma monitoring
NCT ID NCT06089941
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether analyzing tumor DNA from blood samples (called ctDNA) can be a reliable way to monitor peripheral T-cell lymphoma, a rare blood cancer. Researchers will take blood from 45 patients at diagnosis, during treatment, and at relapse to see if the method works. The goal is to find out if this non-invasive approach can track the cancer as well as standard tissue biopsies.
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 lymphoma and guide treatment decisions without repeated tissue biopsies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study (45 people) that only checks if the method works. It does not test a treatment, so even if successful, it may not directly improve outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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45 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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
Patient with newly or relapse/refractory peripheral T Cell Lymphoma
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 or over * Newly diagnosed or relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), including T/NK lymphoma (NKTL) * Pre-therapeutic FDG PET-CT already performed * Signed informed consent * Patients affiliated with or beneficiaries of a health insurance plan Exclusion Criteria: * Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas without systemic involvement * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * For newly diagnosed patients: patient who has already started the first systemic treatment for their lymphoma (apart from pre-phase corticosteroid therapy which is authorized) * For patients in a relapsed/refractory situation: Patient who has already started the new specific line of lymphoma treatment planned for the current relapsed/refractory situation (apart from pre-phase corticosteroid therapy which is authorized) * Lack of patient consent * Patient whose weight is less than 30 kg * Protected adult or deprived of freedoms (under guardianship or curatorship) * Patient unable to understand the study for any reason or to comply with the constraints of the trial (language, psychological, geographic problem, etc.).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Henri Becquerel
Rouen, France
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