Detection of Circulating tumor cells and cancer stem cells in the peripheral blood samples from digestive tract cancer

Detection of Circulating tumor cells and cancer stem cells in the peripheral blood samples from digestive tract cancer - Detection of circulating tumor cells and cancer stem cells of digestive tract cancer

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000007431

Enrollment

440

Registered

2012-03-02

Start date

2012-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, gastric submucosal tumor, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, colon cancer and pancreas cancer

Interventions

Measurement of circulating tumor cell in peripheral blood from the patients with esophageal cancer Measurement of circulating tumor cell in peripheral blood from the patients with gastric cancer Measu

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) histologically proven esophageal, gastric and colon cancer. And clinically diagnosed gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach and pancreas cancer (2) clinical solitary tumor (3) no prior treatment (4) age 20-80 years (5) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 or 1 (6) sufficient organ function (7) written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) synchronous or metachronous malignancy (2) pregnant or breastfeeding women (3) active or chronic viral hepatitis (4) active bacterial or fungal infection (5) diabetes mellitus which needs insulin therapy (6) systemic administration of corticosteroids

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Detection rate of circulating tumor cells, clinicopathological characters, overall survival and disease-free survival	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactHiroaki Ito, MD, PhD

Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital Digestive Disease Center

h.ito@med.showa-u.ac.jp045-949-7000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026