Blood test may spot hidden gallbladder cancer in gallstone patients
NCT ID NCT07744477
First seen Aug 04, 2026 · Last updated Aug 05, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether ten specific substances in the blood can help tell apart patients with gallbladder cancer from those with only gallstone disease. Researchers will measure these markers in a new group of Chilean patients to confirm earlier findings. If the markers prove reliable, they might one day be used as a simple blood test to catch gallbladder cancer earlier.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- serum samples
- What this could lead to
- If validated, these blood markers could lead to a simple blood test to help detect gallbladder cancer earlier in people with gallstones.
- What could go wrong
- This is a validation study, so the markers may not hold up in a larger, independent group. Also, the findings may not apply to patients outside South America.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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230 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2019
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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
Patients with gallstones and cancer-free OR - Patients with gallbladder cancer
- 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: * Patients with gallstones and cancer-free OR - Patients with gallbladder cancer * Patients aged 18 years or older Exclusion Criteria: • Patients younger than 18 years
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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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Clínica Alemana de Santiago
Santiago, Chile
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Clínica Alemana de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
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Clínica Monte Sinaí
Juliaca, Peru
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Complejo Asistencial Padre Las Casas
Temuco, Chile
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Complejo Hospitalario Viedma
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Fundación Arturo López Perez (FALP)
Santiago, Chile
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Hospital Barros Luco
Santiago, Chile
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Hospital Base III- La Capilla ESSALUD
Juliaca, Peru
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Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
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Hospital Clínico de Magallanes
Arica, Chile
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Hospital De Puerto Montt
Port Montt, Chile
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Hospital El Pino
Santiago, Chile
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Hospital Goyoneche
Arequipa, Peru
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Hospital Honorio Delgado
Arequipa, Peru
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Hospital Obrero No. 2 (Caja Nacional del Seguro Social)
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Hospital Padre Hurtado
Santiago, Chile
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Hospital Regional Manuel Nuñez Butrón
Puno, Peru
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Hospital Regional de Arica
Arica, Chile
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Hospital Regional de Concepción,
Concepción, Chile
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Hospital Regional de Rancagua
Rancagua, Chile
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Hospital Regional de Talca
Talca, Chile
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Hospital Regional de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
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Hospital San Borja
Santiago, Chile
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Hospital San Juan de Dios
Santiago, Chile
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Hospital Sótero del Río
Santiago, Chile
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Hospital del Norte
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Hospital del Salvador
Santiago, Chile
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Instituto Gastroenterológico
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (INEN)
Lima, Peru
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Instituto Oncológico Nacional
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Instituto Regional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas del Norte (IREN Norte)
Trujillo, Peru
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Instituto Regional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas del Sur (IREN Sur)
Arequipa, Peru
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Statistical Genetics Research Group, Institute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
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