Liquid Biopsy and Pancreas Cancer: Detection of AXL(+) Functional CTCs Using EPIDROP

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

In solid cancers, some more aggressive tumor cells actively detach from the primary lesion and then travel through the circulating compartment to reach distant organs and form micro-metastases. These circulating tumor cells (CTCs) that have become disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) flourish in their new environments and may remain dormant for many years after the complete resection of the primary tumor. Detecting CTCs in the blood is also relevant for assessing tumor progression, prognosis and therapeutic follow-up. The non-invasive, highly sensitive for CTCs analysis is called liquid biopsy. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma and breast cancer remain among cancers of very poor prognosis and thus represent a major therapeutic challenge. In recent years, the Axl membrane tyrosine kinase receptor has been the target of growing interest. Activation of the Gas6/Axl signaling pathway is associated with, among other things, tumor cell growth and survival, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) or drug resistances. In addition, Axl overexpression is frequently identified in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and is associated with a poor prognosis. For example, the Laboratoire des Cellules Circulantes Rares Humaines (LCCRH) at the CHU and the University of Montpellier has developed two new CTC-AXL tests to detect CTCs expressing Axl: one using the CellSearch® (gold standard and FDA-approved) system and the other using the EPIDROP technique. The purpose of this research project is to assess the concordance of the CTC-AXL measurement by the innovative EPIDROP technique and the CellSearch® technique in patients with metastatic pancreatic or breast cancer.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• The patient is at least 18 years old;

• Patients with pancreatic cancer with remote metastases, naïve of any treatment, that is, eligible for a first line of treatment;

• Patients with oral consent

Locations
Other Locations
France
CHU Montpellier
RECRUITING
Montpellier
Contact Information
Primary
Thomas Bardol, MD
t-bardol@chu-montpellier.fr
+33682882757
Backup
Sarah Girot
sarah.girot@chu-montpellier.fr
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-06-16
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-12-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 63
Treatments
Experimental: Metastatic pancreatic cancer treatment-naive patients
Newly diagnosed major patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, naïve of any treatment for metastatic disease
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University Hospital, Montpellier

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