Blood particle test may predict liver failure and cancer risk
NCT ID NCT07185360
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looks at tiny particles in the blood, called extracellular vesicles, to see if they can predict serious liver problems like liver failure or liver cancer. Researchers will collect blood samples from 845 people, including healthy volunteers, diabetes patients, and those with liver disease, and track their health over time. The goal is to develop simple tests that help doctors decide who needs closer monitoring or early treatment.
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 lead to simple blood tests that predict liver disease worsening or liver cancer, helping doctors monitor patients more effectively.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. The tests may not prove accurate enough for routine use, and results may take years to confirm.
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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 845 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
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.
- 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.
Volunteers without liver disease \- Inclusion criteria: Major Exclusion Criteria: * Known liver disease * Active cancer * Viral or bacterial infection within 2 weeks of inclusion (respiratory, dermatological, urinary, digestive, etc.) * Transfusion in the month preceding inclusion * Current participation or less than 3 months' participation in a therapeutic interventional trial * Absence of signed informed consent * Not affiliated to a social security scheme * Pregnant women * Person under guardianship or trusteeship Diabetic patients with F3/F4 fibrosis recruited and followed prospectively Inclusion criteria: * Patient aged 18 or over * Type 2 diabetic (ADA/WHO criteria recalled in section 20.5) * Hepatic fibrosis stage F3/F4 on liver biopsy or hepatic elasticity \> 10 kPa Exclusion criteria: Vulnerable person: a person deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, or under psychiatric care, and a person admitted to a health or social institution for purposes other than research. * Protected adult * Not affiliated to or not benefiting from a social security scheme * Pregnant or breast-feeding women * Absence of signed informed consent * Illness linked to other etiologies: * Alcoholic liver disease * Current hepatitis B virus infection * Current hepatitis C virus infection * Autoimmune hepatitis according to according to AASLD and EASL recommended criteria * Transferrin saturation \>50% * Alpha antitrypsin ZZ or SZ type deficiency * Wilson's disease * Liver transplant patients * Ultrasound obstruction of blood vessels or bile ducts (on routine ultrasound). If nothing is mentioned on the report, it is considered that there is no obstruction of the blood vessels or bile ducts). * Current participation or less than 3 months' participation in a therapeutic interventional trial Patients with liver disease : Inclusion criteria: * Major * Child-Pugh A, B or C cirrhosis, diagnosed on the basis of histological evidence or liver elasticity \> 15 kPa or a combination of biological and radiological signs. Exclusion criteria: * Presence of one of the following diseases in the 15 days prior to inclusion: acute renal failure, bacterial infection (proven or suspected on clinico-biological criteria), digestive bleeding, * alcoholic hepatitis in the month prior to inclusion * Previous porto-systemic shunt, liver transplantation, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cholangitis, Budd-Chiari syndrome * Active or past hepatocellular carcinoma * Active extrahepatic neoplasia, * Current participation or less than 3 months' participation in a therapeutic interventional trial * Absence of signed informed consent * Non affiliation to a social security scheme * Pregnant or breast-feeding * Person under guardianship or trusteeship
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bichat Hospital, Beaujon Hospital, Cochin Hospital and Lariboisière Hospital
Paris, France, France
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