Recruiting
Observational
Multi-analyte Blood Test Clinical Trial
Condition(s) studied
Liver CirrhosisLiver CancerHCCHepatocellular Carcinoma
Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)
Multi-analyte Blood Test
Multi-analyte Blood Test: A clinical diagnostic test based upon the detection and quantification of DNA methylation markers in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) isolated from plasma and of tumor-specific proteins isolated from serum.
Study summary
The objective of this study is the acquisition of whole blood samples and serum samples from participants with untreated Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and subjects undergoing Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) surveillance. These samples will be used for research purposes to develop and validate the Helio multi-analyte blood test.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age 18 years or older.
* Males and Females.
* Having cirrhosis or meeting the AASLD guidelines for HCC
* surveillance.
* Clinically diagnosed with HCC or negative for HCC following disease
* surveillance.
* HCC positive Group: Subject has a recent (within 6 months of enrollment) clinically diagnosed, untreated hepatocellular carcinoma as defined by at least one ≥1 cm lesion exhibiting arterial phase hyperenhancement in combination with washout appearance and/or capsule by 4 phase CT scan or multiphase contrast enhanced MRI or biopsy is positive for HCC.
* HCC negative Group: Non-cancer, at-risk subjects with chronic liver disease undergoing routine imaging surveillance for HCC, where the definitive lack of HCC within 3 months prior to enrollment has been verified by negative imaging, for HCC. No more than 200 subjects without cirrhosis can be enrolled in this group.
* Sub-Group 1 (approximately 450 subjects) - negative by CT or MRI (No lesion, LR-1 or LR-2)
* Sub-Group 2 (approximately 450 subjects) - negative by ultrasound
Exclusion Criteria:
* Subjects that are unwilling or unable to sign the Informed Consent Form will be excluded.
* Known cancer diagnosis of a cancer other than HCC within the past 5 years (with the exceptions of basal cell or squamous cell skin cancers).
* Chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy within 5 years prior to enrollment/sample collection.
* Prior or current treatment with sorafenib, regorafenib, or other treatment indicated for HCC.
* Prior treatment with a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor such as with Vidaza (azacitidine) or Dacogen (decitabine)
* Any HCC treatment prior to enrollment/blood sample collection (e.g., surgery, ablation, embolization, pharmacotherapy, radiotherapy, liver transplant or other treatment indicated for HCC).
* IV contrast (e.g., CT and MRI) within 1 day \[or 24 hours\] of blood collection.
* Less than 3 days between fine needle aspiration (FNA) of target pathology and blood collection.
* Less than 7 days between biopsy (other than FNA) of target pathology and blood collection.
* Any condition the Investigator believes would interfere with his or her ability to provide informed consent, comply with the study protocol, which might confound the interpretation of the study results or put the person at undue risk.
* For HCC negative subjects, patients with a prior diagnosis of HCC are also excluded.
* Subjects that are pregnant will be exclude
Primary outcome measure(s)
- Independent performance measure of sensitivity and specificity of a multi-analyte blood test — 1 - 9 months
The primary objective is to measure the performance (sensitivity and specificity) the multi-analyte blood Test for the detection of liver cancers in high-risk particiapnats.
Trial sites (7)
| Facility | City | Region | Status |
| Gastroenterology and Liver Institute |
Escondido |
California |
Recruiting |
| Providence Facey Medical Foundation |
Mission Hills |
California |
Recruiting |
| UF Hepatology Research at CTRB |
Gainesville |
Florida |
Recruiting |
| Guardian Angel Research Center |
Tampa |
Florida |
Recruiting |
| South Texas Research Institute |
Edinburg |
Texas |
Recruiting |
| Texas Gastro Research |
El Paso |
Texas |
Recruiting |
| Impact Research Institute |
Waco |
Texas |
Recruiting |
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