Skip to content

Feasibility of Exosome Analysis in Cerebrospinal Fluid During the Diagnostic Workup of Metastatic Meningitis

Feasibility of Exosome Analysis in Cerebrospinal Fluid During the Diagnostic Workup of Metastatic Meningitis From Breast Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05286684
Acronym
Exo-LCR
Enrollment
7
Registered
2022-03-18
Start date
2023-01-04
Completion date
2023-11-15
Last updated
2026-03-18

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

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

leptomeningeal metastases, proteomic profile, cerebrospinal fluid, cytology analysis

Brief summary

The investigators are interested in one of the most frequent tumor types causing leptomeningeal metastasis in order to investigate whether a profile can be established by a high-throughput clinical proteomic approach. All the data acquired will allow a tailored and promising approach to improve the knowledge of metastatic tumor meningitis.

Detailed description

The primary objective is to describe on an exploratory basis the association between the type of proteomic profile from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) microvesicles (from unsupervised bioinformatics analysis) and CSF cytology analysis (positive, negative, equivocal) in breast cancer patients with suspected leptomeningeal metastases, on initial CSF samples (hereafter referred to as initial proteomic profile and initial cytology).

Interventions

PROCEDUREConsultation

History of the disease, anatomopathological and molecular biological data concerning the initial tumor; Collection of treatments received and/or in progress by the patient for her meningeal tumor (chemotherapy, targeted therapy, radiotherapy, surgery, corticosteroids, antiepileptics); Evaluation of the general condition and neurological status.

PROCEDURECerebral and medullary MRI, lumbar puncture, CSF sampling

diagnosis of leptomeningeal involvement

BIOLOGICALbiological test

5 ml of additional CSF after diagnostic lumbar puncture for proteomic analysis, 50-100 µl of breast aspiration fluid (NAF) for patients with an existing breast tumor, for proteomic analysis 10 ml of blood for proteomic analysis

Sponsors

Centre Oscar Lambret
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient with histologically proven breast cancer; * Patient with suspected metastatic leptomeningeal involvement; * Age ≥ 18 ans ; * WHO performance status ≤ 2 ; * Affiliation to the National Social Security System ; * With informed and signed consent

Exclusion criteria

* History of another cancer than the one for which the patient is referred; * Contraindication to lumbar puncture or cerebrospinal MRI * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
CSF protein composition36 monthsThe CSF proteomic profile will be obtained by an unsupervised bioinformatics analysis of the CSF collected during the initial diagnostic workup for all patients and in case of renewal of the initial lumbar puncture if the 1st one was not exploitable for the CSF cytological analysis. The bioinformatics analysis will allow to obtain the protein composition and to establish proteomic profile.
cytological analysis of the CSF36 monthsThe cytological analysis of the CSF will allow to obtain 3 possible results: Positive / Negative / Equivocal at the time of the initial diagnostic workup for all patients and in case of renewal of the initial LP if the 1st one was not exploitable for the cytological analysis of the CSF, for all patients.

Countries

France

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORClaire Cheymol, MD

Centre Oscar Lambret

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 19, 2026