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Study to assess if sweat analysis from human finger tips can confirm breast cancer diagnosis

Fingertip smear screening for breast cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN17249451
Enrollment
200
Registered
2026-08-02
Start date
2026-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Breast cancer Cancer

Interventions

Analysis of sweat from fingertip secretions using MALDI mass spectrometry to determine if it can differentiate between women with or without beast cancer, or quantify the burden of disease in women wi

Sponsors

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Breast cancer (either early or late stage) or healthy women attending breast clinic with benign pathology

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Subject has been diagnosed with any other type of cancers 2. Subject is currently undergoing active chemotherapy 3. Subject is pregnant or breast feeding

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity and specificity) measured using percentage of patients with cancer in whom cancer is diagnosed with the test at baseline at the time of cancer diagnosis for newly diagnosed early or advanced breast cancer or on clinic attendance if a health control, with non breast cancer diagnosis

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactLynda Wyld
l.wyld@sheffield.ac.uk+44 1302642397

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 25, 2026