New tool aims to predict chronic pain in cancer patients
NCT ID NCT06511674
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a new tool called CANoPy that predicts whether a cancer patient will develop long-term nerve pain. Researchers will follow 625 adults with breast, gynecological, colorectal, or lung cancer as they undergo treatments like chemotherapy or surgery. By collecting questionnaire data on pain, emotions, and thinking, they hope to create a simple score that flags high-risk patients early, so doctors can tailor pain management from the start.
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 give doctors a simple way to predict which cancer patients are at high risk for chronic nerve pain, allowing earlier and more personalized pain treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. The tool may not prove accurate enough for routine use, and even if it works, it does not directly improve pain—it only identifies risk.
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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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About 625 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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 Patients: * Patient over 18 years of age, * Patient suffering from cancer (breast, gynecological, colorectal, lung) and having to undergo one or more anti-cancer therapeutic procedures (chemotherapy, surgery, hormonal therapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, etc.), * Sufficient cooperation and understanding to comply with the study requirements, * Agreement to give oral consent for the study, * Affiliation with the French Social Security system. Exclusion Criteria Patients: * History of cancer and anti-cancer therapy (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, etc.), * History and/or presence of primary brain tumors (glioblastoma, meningioma, neurofibroma, etc.) ), * History of neurological disorders (Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, epilepsy, moderate to severe head trauma, etc.), * Medical and/or surgical history judged by the investigator or his representative to be incompatible with the study, * Subject whose cooperation and understanding do not allow strict compliance with the conditions laid down in the protocol, * Pregnant or breast-feeding women, * Beneficiary of a legal protection measure. Inclusion Criteria Healthy Volunteers: * Subject over 18 years of age, * Subject free of any treatment in the 7 days preceding inclusion, in particular no use of analgesics, or judged by the investigator or his representative to be compatible with the study * Subject with no history of cancer, * Subject considered to be in good health by the investigator, * Sufficient cooperation and understanding to comply with the study requirements, * Agreement to give oral consent to the study, * Affiliation with the French Social Security system, Exclusion Criteria Healthy Volunteers: * Subjects with a medical and/or surgical history judged by the investigator or his representative to be incompatible with the trial, * Subjects whose cooperation and understanding do not allow strict compliance with the conditions laid down in the protocol, * Pregnant or breast-feeding woman, * Participating in another clinical trial, or within the exclusion period, or having received a total amount of compensation exceeding 4500 euros over the 12 months preceding the start of the trial, * Benefiting from a legal protection measure.
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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
19 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH Valenciennes
RECRUITINGValenciennes, France
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CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Henri Mondor d'Aurillac
RECRUITINGAurillac, 15000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Caen Normandie
RECRUITINGCaen, 14000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Yves Le Foll
RECRUITINGSaint-Brieuc, France
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Centre Hospitalier d'Ajaccio
RECRUITINGAjaccio, 20000, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Montluçon
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMontluçon, 03100, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Moulins-Yzeure
RECRUITINGMoulins, 03000, France
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Centre Régional de Lutte contre le Cancer - Georges Francois Leclerc
RECRUITINGDijon, 21079, France
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Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer - Centre François Baclesse
RECRUITINGCaen, 14000, France
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Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer - Institut Bergonié
RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33000, France
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Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer - Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest
RECRUITINGAngers, 49100, France
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Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer - Jean Perrin
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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Hôpital Beaujon AP-HP
RECRUITINGParis, 92110, France
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Hôpital Saint-Louis APHP
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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Hôpital privé le Bois
RECRUITINGLille, 59000, France
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Hôpitaux civils de Colmar
RECRUITINGColmar, 68024, France
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Institut Godinot
RECRUITINGReims, France
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Institut Gustave Roussy
RECRUITINGVillejuif, 94805, France
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