Blood test hunt for silent killer: 5,000 High-Risk volunteers sought
NCT ID NCT06122896
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to see if adding simple blood tests and symptom reviews to standard screening can catch pancreatic cancer earlier in people with a high genetic risk. Researchers will enroll 5,000 participants who have certain gene mutations linked to pancreatic cancer. The goal is to improve early detection, when treatment may be more effective.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.
- Participants
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About 5,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2041
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.
Inclusion Criteria: Participants must meet any of the following: * Individuals with pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variants in STK11, and age ≥30 years. * Individuals with pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variants in CDKN2A, and age ≥40 years (or 10 years younger than the earliest exocrine pancreatic cancer diagnosis in the family, whichever is earlier). * Individuals with pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variants in one of the other pancreatic cancer susceptibility genes (ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, EPCAM, PALB2, TP53), and age ≥50 years (or 10 years younger than the earliest exocrine pancreatic cancer diagnosis in the family, whichever is earlier) AND • Exocrine pancreatic cancer in ≥1 first- or second-degree relative from the same side of (or presumed to be from the same side of) the family as the identified pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant. * Individuals with pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in PRSS1 AND a clinical phenotype consistent with hereditary pancreatitis, and age ≥40 years (or 20 years after onset of pancreatitis, whichever is earlier). * Individuals with familial pancreatic cancer including: * Family history of exocrine pancreatic cancer in ≥2 first-degree relatives from the same side of the family, even in the absence of a known pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant, OR * Family history of exocrine pancreatic cancer in 1 affected first-degree relative and 1 second-degree relative, even in the absence of a known pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant, OR * Family history of exocrine pancreatic cancer in ≥3 first- and/or second-degree relatives from the same side of the family, even in the absence of a known pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant. * Individuals who are undergoing clinically recommended pancreatic cancer surveillance. Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals with active or prior pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma diagnosis. * Individuals with any active metastatic cancer. * Individuals who are unable to give informed consent. * Individuals who are under the age of 18 (infants, children, teenagers). * Individuals unable to tolerate Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography and Endoscopic Ultrasound. * Pregnant women are unlikely to be undergoing screening procedures and will not be considered eligible but can consent to the study at a later date.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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