Can a scan predict pancreatic cancer? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT04275557
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is for people with pancreatic cysts or other pancreas issues. Researchers will collect blood, tissue, and scan data from over 1,100 participants to create a large database. The goal is to develop noninvasive tools that predict which cysts may become cancerous, helping doctors make better treatment decisions without surgery.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,174 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2020
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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.
Who is studied
Patients of the GI clinic, surgery, or endoscopy at Moffitt Cancer Center, University of Florida - Gainesville, or the University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital.
- 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: * Individuals who present to the GI clinic, surgery, or endoscopy at Moffitt, Florida Research Institute (FRI), or UM with a clinical suspicion for (or diagnosis of) a pancreatic lesion, cyst, mass, cancer, or pancreatitis based on symptoms, imaging, or blood-work and has not had any treatment involving their pancreas. * Able to understand and voluntarily sign the informed consent. * Willing to complete study questionnaire(s) and donate medical images and/or biological specimens (including blood, cystic fluid, and/or tissue) obtained at the time of standard of care procedures (biopsy, surgery, and venipuncture) after signing the informed consent document Exclusion Criteria: * No suspicion or diagnosis of a pancreatic lesion, cyst, mass, cancer, or pancreatitis. * Has a diagnosis of a pancreatic lesion, cyst, mass, cancer, or pancreatitis and has already undergone treatment involving the pancreas (which may involve surgery, chemo- or immuno-therapy, and/or radiation). * Unable to provide informed consent. * Unwilling to complete study questionnaire(s) and/or donate biological specimens or images.
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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
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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Florida Research Institute (FRI)
RECRUITINGLakewood Rch, Florida, 34211, United States
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Moffitt Cancer Center
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center & Jackson Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33136, United States
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