Scientists harvest nose cells to test future medicines
NCT ID NCT06407102
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study collects nasal cells from 100 adults during planned nose surgery. The cells are grown in the lab to create a realistic model for testing how well drugs are delivered and work. The goal is to build a cell collection that helps improve treatments for respiratory infections.
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Study facts
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- 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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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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: * Adult patients (age \> 18 years) whose native language is French, or who understands French. * Affiliation with a French social security system (CMU accepted). * Informed consent, written and signed by the participant. * Planned rhinological surgery (meatotomy, septoplasty or turbinoplasty for example, but other surgeries as well) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under court protection, guardianship or curatorship. * Pregnant or breast-feeding women (positive pregnancy test for women of childbearing age). * Patients presenting a major alteration of the mucosa or a malignant rhinosinus pathology.
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Locations
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RECRUITINGTours, France
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