Healthy volunteers help sharpen cancer blood test
NCT ID NCT02302885
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study collected blood from 43 healthy adults aged 18-60 to serve as a control group for a test that detects circulating tumor cells in cancer patients. Volunteers provided about 20 mL of blood at up to 20 different times. The goal is to make the cancer detection test more accurate by comparing results from healthy people to those with cancer.
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 help make a blood test for detecting cancer cells more reliable, potentially leading to earlier cancer diagnosis.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 43 healthy volunteers. It does not test a treatment, and the results may not fully represent real-world cancer detection scenarios.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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43 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2014
- Finished
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Apr 2019
- 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
cancer-free 18-60 year old men and women
- Ages
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18 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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: * Age range: 18-60 years old Gender: Male and Female Exclusion Criteria: * No previously diagnosed malignancy Age: It is important to obtain a healthy, cancer-free volunteer population to serve as negative controls for this detection assay.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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