Can a simple blood test predict chemo side effects in brain cancer patients?
NCT ID NCT02617745
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed Phase 2 study looked at 244 glioblastoma patients to see if platelet counts during radiation and chemotherapy could predict who would develop dangerously low platelets later. The goal was to create a monitoring plan for high-risk patients. No new drug or treatment was tested.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors identify glioblastoma patients at risk for low platelets during standard treatment, allowing closer monitoring.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational analysis of existing treatment, not a test of a new therapy. It may not lead to changes in care or improve outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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244 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2015
- Finished
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Jun 2024
- 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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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: * Age Superior to 18 years * Inform consent form signed * Newly diagnosed (histologically) glioblastoma * Stupp protocol treatment * with social insurance Exclusion Criteria: * Not inform consent form signed * participation to another clinical trial * other cancer * background of hematological pathology * patient under guardianship, curatorship
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Henri Becquerel
Rouen, 76038, France
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