X-rays may damage red blood cells: study seeks safe limits
NCT ID NCT07416045
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how X-ray irradiation used during cancer surgery affects red blood cells. Researchers will take blood from 20 patients having tumor surgery and test it with different X-ray doses. They will check for changes in cell shape, flexibility, and oxygen-carrying ability to find the safest dose for reusing the patient's own blood.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- linear accelerator X-ray irradiation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help establish safe X-ray doses for processing a patient's own blood during cancer surgery, reducing risks from transfusion.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study (20 participants) focused on lab measurements, not patient outcomes. Results may not translate to real-world safety or effectiveness.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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 aged 18 to 65 years old who are scheduled to undergo elective surgery for malignant tumors
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- 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: * Patients scheduled for elective surgery for malignant tumors * Age: 18 - 65 years old * It is estimated that the surgical bleeding will be greater than or equal to 500 milliliters. Exclusion Criteria: * Disorders of red blood cell production (such as aplastic anemia, megaloblastic anemia, iron deficiency anemia, leukemia, myelofibrosis, etc.) * Diseases caused by increased destruction of red blood cells (abnormalities in red blood cell membranes such as hereditary spherocytosis and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria; abnormalities in hemoglobin such as thalassemia; abnormalities in red blood cell-related enzymes such as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, etc.)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University,anesthesiology department,
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China
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