Detection of Viable CTCs Using the EPIDROP Technology in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Biological
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The use of liquid biopsy could be the key for precision medicine. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are the most studied circulating biomarkers used to assess the metastatic process and they have shown their clinical validity and utility in cancer patients. However, their detection and capture are still a challenge as they are very rare in the bloodstream. In this clinical trial named EPIDROP, the investigators will use an innovative device called EPIDROP (for EPIspot in a DROP) in metastatic prostate cancer. EPIDROP is a completely new technology answering to biological and clinical questions by proposing a procedure detecting the functional subset of prostatic CTCs at the single cell level. The investigators will stain cells in the sample for EpCAM, PSMA, CD45 before to encapsulate them one by one in microdroplets and measure the PSA secretion by only the viable CTCs. This study aims to demonstrate the non-inferiority of the EPIDROP compared to the CellSearch system.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Male
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• To be male, over 18 years old

• Metastatic prostate cancer naive to any treatment or metastatic prostate cancer in biological recurrence (PSA increase) and/or clinical recurrence after hormone suppression (mCRPC)

Locations
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France
University Hospital Center
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Montpellier
University Center, Hospital
RECRUITING
Nîmes
Contact Information
Primary
Catherine ALIX-PANABIERES, MCU-PH
c-panabieres@chu-montpellier.fr
04 11 75 99 31
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-05-27
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-10
Participants
Target number of participants: 100
Treatments
Experimental: Patients with metastatic prostate cancer
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University Hospital, Montpellier

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