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New eye on pancreatic cancer: Ultra-High resolution OCT could catch tumors at micrometer scale

NCT ID NCT03711890

Diagnosis Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether a high-powered imaging technique called ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) can detect tiny, early-stage pancreatic cancers in tissue samples removed during surgery. Researchers will compare OCT images with standard lab analysis and a blood test that looks for cancer-related particles. The goal is to see if OCT can identify cancers that are too small to spot with current methods.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging
What this could lead to
If successful, this imaging technique could help doctors spot pancreatic cancer at a much earlier, more treatable stage.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study using tissue already removed during surgery, so it may not translate to real-time detection in living patients.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 75 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Mar 2019

Expected to finish

Sep 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Immediate surgery cohort: Adult patients with pancreatic cancer or IPMN * Immediate surgery cohort: Informed consent will be obtained * Adult patients undergoing pancreatic resection for a presumed IPMN Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

exocrine pancreatic carcinoma pancreatic adenocarcinoma Pancreatic Intraductal Neoplasms pancreatic intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm pancreatic neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Pancreatic carcinoma Pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, pancreatobiliary-type

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

    Email: •••••@•••••

Locations

  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

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