Scientists probe immune weakness in ovarian cancer to unlock new treatments
NCT ID NCT06611072
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to understand why the immune system fails to fight ovarian cancer effectively. Researchers will compare blood, bone marrow, and immune cells from 90 women with ovarian cancer and healthy controls. The goal is to find ways to reprogram immune cells to attack the tumor, potentially leading to future therapies.
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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 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Subjects should be at least 18 years old and mentally competent; * Newly diagnosed patients with OC who go for primary debulking surgery or patients with OC who are scheduled for interval debulking; * Controls: women who undergo surgery for benign gynaecological conditions under general anaesthesia. Exclusion Criteria: * Mentally incompetent; * Pregnant or breastfeeding; * Known inflammatory of infectious diseases or an immunosuppressive status; * Using medication interfering with the immune system; * Severe comorbidities: other active malignancy (except for basal cell carcinoma and other in situ carcinomas); * Serious psychiatric pathology; * A self reported alcohol consumption of \>21 units per week.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Catharina Hospital
RECRUITINGEindhoven, North Brabant, 5623EJ, Netherlands
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