Blood test software could spot pancreatic cancer early in High-Risk groups
NCT ID NCT06549725
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a software called Lipidica that analyzes fats in the blood to help screen for pancreatic cancer. Researchers will compare results from people with pancreatic cancer to those at high risk (due to family history or genetic factors) to see if the software can tell them apart. About 419 participants will provide blood samples and undergo imaging tests like endoscopic ultrasound or MRI. The goal is to see if this non-invasive approach can improve early detection.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Lipidica 1.0 software (medical device software for analyzing lipidomic data)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a simple blood test to screen for pancreatic cancer in people at high risk, potentially catching the disease earlier.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on accuracy, not treatment. The software may not be sensitive or specific enough to reliably detect cancer, and results may not apply to the general population.
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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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About 419 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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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 Arm1: * Age ≥ 18 years * Signed informed consent * Histologically confirmed diagnosis of resectable PaC Exclusion Criteria Arm 1: * History of any other cancer disease * Present incurable malignancy * Unfit for radical curative resection of the tumor * Vegan or vegetarian diet Inclusion Criteria Arm2: * Age ≥ 18 years * Signed informed consent * High risk of PaC due to the presence of one of the following risk factors: 1. Family history of PaC (≥ 2 first-degree or second-degree relatives with PaC in the same family line) 2. Confirmed germline mutation of STK11 (LKB1) regardless of family history 3. Confirmed germline mutation of CDKN2A leading to the alteration of p16 regardless of family history 4. Confirmed germline mutation of APC, ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, EPCAM, PALB2 or TP53 AND ≥ 1 first-degree or second-degree relative with PaC 5. Present hereditary pancreatitis (recurrent acute pancreatitis or chronic pancreatitis and confirmed germline mutation of PRSS1) * Age: 1. Person with a family history of PaC: \> 50 years or 10 years before the diagnosis of PaC in the youngest family member (whichever comes first) 2. Person with STK11 mutation: \> 35 years or 10 years before the diagnosis of PaC in the youngest family member (whichever comes first) 3. Person with CDKN2A mutation: \> 40 years or 10 years before the diagnosis of PaC in the youngest family member (whichever comes first) 4. Person with APC, ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, EPCAM, PALB2 or TP53 mutation: \> 45 years or 10 years before the diagnosis of PaC in the youngest family member (whichever comes first) 5. Person with hereditary pancreatitis: \> 40 years or 20 years after the 1st attack (whichever comes first) Exclusion Criteria Arm 2: * Pregnancy of planning to conceive in the next 12 months * History of any cancer disease * Present incurable malignancy * Inability to undergo planned medical imaging or blood sampling * Vegan or vegetarian diet
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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
16 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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Fakultni Thomayerova nemocnice
RECRUITINGPrague, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Brno
RECRUITINGBrno, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Bulovka
RECRUITINGPrague, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove
RECRUITINGHradec Králové, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady
RECRUITINGPrague, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc
RECRUITINGOlomouc, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Plzen
RECRUITINGPilsen, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice u sv. Anny
RECRUITINGBrno, Czechia
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Institut klinicke a experimentalni mediciny
RECRUITINGPrague, Czechia
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Masarykova nemocnice v Usti nad Labem
RECRUITINGÚstí nad Labem, Czechia
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Masarykuv onkologicky ustav
RECRUITINGBrno, Czechia
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Nemocnice Ceske Budejovice
RECRUITINGČeské Budějovice, Czechia
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Nemocnice Jablonec nad Nisou
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGJablonec nad Nisou, Czechia
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Nemocnice Pardubickeho kraje
RECRUITINGPardubice, Czechia
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Ustredni vojenska nemocnice
RECRUITINGPrague, Czechia, Czechia
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Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice
RECRUITINGPrague, Czechia
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