New scans and blood tests aim to catch pancreatic cancer early without surgery
NCT ID NCT06305728
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether combining special PET and MRI scans with blood tests can detect pancreatic cancer early in people who have pancreatic cysts. The goal is to avoid unnecessary surgery by identifying which cysts are truly dangerous. About 25 adults with high-risk cysts will be enrolled.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
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
Potential research subjects will be identified by a member of the patient's treatment team, the protocol investigator, or research team at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK).
- 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: * Men and women aged \>18 years * Pancreatic cystic neoplasm deemed to be high risk and requiring surgical resection * Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Pathologic evidence of pancreatic cancer * Pregnant or breast-feeding patients * Refusal or inability to tolerate scan (eg anxiety or claustrophobia) * Inability to lay flat or meet the standard requirements of traditional MRI * Hepatic function from assays obtained within 6 weeks prior to the study enrollment. For each patient, the upper limit of normal (ULN) value for a particular assay will be defined by the normal reference values of the laboratory that performed the assay 1. Bilirubin \> 1.5 x ULN 2. AST/ALT \> 2.5 x ULN 3. Albumin \< 3 g/dL 4. GGT \> 2.5 x ULN if Alkaline Phosphatase \> 2.5 x ULN * Renal function with Creatinine \> 1.5 x ULN or creatinine clearance \< 60 mL/min, from assays obtained within 6 weeks prior to study enrollment * Cardiac: congestive heart failure with New York Heart Association (NYHA) status ≥2, poorly controlled hypertension, a history of clinically significant EKG abnormalities, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of study enrollment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGMontvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All protocol activites)
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)
RECRUITINGMiddletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activites)
RECRUITINGRockville Centre, New York, 11553, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activity)
RECRUITINGCommack, New York, 11725, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGHarrison, New York, 10604, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGBasking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States
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Weill Cornell Medical Center (Specimen Analysis Only)
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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