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Can a simple blood test guide cancer treatment? new study investigates.
NCT ID NCT05032092
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether analyzing the genes of a tumor (from a tissue sample or a blood test) can help doctors pick a more effective treatment for people with advanced solid cancers that have stopped responding to standard therapies. About 235 participants will have their tumor DNA tested, and researchers will track how long their next treatment keeps the cancer from growing compared to their previous therapy. The goal is to see if this personalized approach improves outcomes.
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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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235 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Finished
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Aug 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.
- 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: * Initial diagnosis of histologically confirmed locally advanced and/or metastatic solid cancer * Radiologically confirmed progression under the most recent therapy * No further evidence-based drug treatment is established, or no satisfactory alternative treatments are available for the locally advanced and/or metastasized carcinoma * Further therapy is medically feasible * ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status 0-2 * Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks * Written informed consent and willingness to cooperate during the course of the study * Capability to understand the intention and the consequences of the study Exclusion Criteria: * Untreated CNS (central nervous system) metastases. Patients with treated CNS metastases are eligible if they are clinically stable with regard to neurologic function * Pregnant or breast feeding * Other malignomas, diagnosed \< 5a before inclusion (except localized squamous cell carcinomas of the skin, surgically curable melanomas of the skin, basal cell carcinomas of the skin)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Landesklinikum Amstetten
Amstetten, 3300, Austria
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Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Department of Internal Medicine II
Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, 6807, Austria
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Medical University of Graz
Graz, 8036, Austria
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Medical University of Innsbruck, Department of Hematology and Oncology
Innsbruck, Tyrol, 6020, Austria
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Ordensklinikum Linz
Linz, Upper Austria, 4010, Austria
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University Hospital Salzburg, Department of Internal Medicine III
Salzburg, State of Salzburg, 5020, Austria
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