New optical device aims to detect dangerous neutropenia without needles
NCT ID NCT04448301
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a device called PointCheck that uses light to check for severe neutropenia (low white blood cells) in cancer patients without needing a blood sample. Researchers enrolled 81 adults with blood or breast cancers who were receiving chemotherapy. The main goal was to see how easy the device is to use, with a secondary look at how accurate it is. If it works well, it could allow patients to monitor their condition at home.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PointCheck device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a simple, non-invasive way to monitor neutropenia at home, reducing the need for blood draws.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early usability study with only 81 participants. The device's accuracy is still being explored, and it may not be reliable enough for clinical use yet.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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81 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: 1. Able to understand the purpose and risks of the study and to provide signed and dated informed consent and authorization to use confidential health information in accordance with national and local subject privacy regulations. 2. Male or Female aged 18 years or above. 3. Diagnosed with a hematological (e.g., lymphoma, myeloma) or breast cancer. 4. Scheduled active treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapy with an associated high/intermediate risk of neutropenia. 5. Able (in the Investigators opinion) and willing to comply with all study requirements Exclusion Criteria 1. Participants with amputations, congenital malformations, or any severe abnormalities of the hands as determined by the investigator. 2. Participants with a history of vasculitis, Raynaud syndrome, scleroderma, mixed connective tissue disease or any other rheumatologic systemic condition that could produce microcirculatory changes in the nailfold. 3. Participants with circulating tumour cells in previous or current lab determinations. 4. Participants with leukemia. 5. Participants with any condition producing significant tremor (e.g., essential tremor, Parkinson´s disease, dystonic tremor). 6. Inadequately medically controlled hypotension (systolic blood pressure \<90 and diastolic blood pressure \< 60mmHg). 7. Participants whose gold standard blood differential was obtained more than 120 minutes after the last evaluation with the medical device. 8. Any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or the participant's ability to participate in the study. 9. Other unspecified reasons that, in the opinion of the Investigator or Sponsor, make the subject unsuitable for enrolment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States
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