500 patients to reveal which chemo port dressings cause skin problems
NCT ID NCT07158879
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study will follow 500 adults starting chemotherapy with a chest port (a small device under the skin to deliver drugs). The goal is to measure how often skin reactions like itching or redness happen from the dressing that covers the port. Researchers will also look for factors that increase the risk of these reactions, such as the type of dressing or the chemotherapy drugs used.
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 identify which dressings or treatments cause fewer skin reactions, leading to better comfort for chemotherapy patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not testing a new treatment. It may not find clear risk factors, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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
Patient with thoracic CCI treated with chemotherapy in a day hospital ward at the Institut Curie Paris or the Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française or the Uturoa Hospital (French Polynesia).
- Ages
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18 to 100 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 over 18 years of age * New chemotherapy patients (1st line of treatment only) * Thoracic PAC Exclusion Criteria: * PICC Line and femoral PAC; * Patients undergoing treatment with bi-specific antibodies (e.g. tebentafusp); * Disunion requiring treatment * Patients treated for hematological cancer; * Persons deprived of their liberty or under guardianship (including curatorship); * Adults under court protection; * Inability to participate in the study for geographical, social or psychological reasons. * No inclusion of persons covered by articles L. 1121-5 to L. 1121-8 and L. 1122-1-2 of the French Public Health Code (e.g. minors, protected adults, etc.). * Opposition to data use
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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
3 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française CHPF
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPirae, 98716, French Polynesia
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Hôpital Uturoa
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGUturoa, 98735, French Polynesia
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Institut Curie
RECRUITINGParis, 75248, France
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