Blood test breakthrough? new study aims to spot rare cancers earlier
NCT ID NCT06361641
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study looks at a type of immune cell called monocytes in people with certain blood cancers (polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and myelofibrosis). Researchers will analyze blood samples from 70 newly diagnosed patients to find unique patterns in these cells. The goal is to see if these patterns can help confirm the diagnosis more accurately than current methods.
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 a new blood test that helps doctors diagnose these blood cancers more accurately and earlier.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study with only 70 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It is not testing a treatment, so it won't directly help patients yet.
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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 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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: * Diagnosis of PV, ET, pre-myelofibrosis or primary myelofibrosis according to WHO 2022 criteria (including BOM for ET, premyelofibrosis and primary myelofibrosis) * Patient who has not received treatment specific to hemopathy at the time of sampling * Obtaining the signature of consent to participate in the study * Patient having consented to be included in the "Malignant Hemopathy" collection of Angers University Hospital and in FIMBANK database Exclusion Criteria: * Person not affiliated to a social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme * Patient with another hemopathy or another active cancer at the time of diagnosis * Minor patient at diagnosis (\< 18 years old) * Patient not capable or without agreement from the guardian or legal representative
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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BESCOND Charles
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCholet, Maine et Loire, 49325, France
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GOUBAND Agathe
RECRUITINGAngers, Maine et Loire, 49933, France
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TRUCHAN-GRACZYK Malgorzata
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSaumur, Maine et Loire, 49400, France
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