Testing spinal fluid and blood samples to look for tumor DNA in people with brain tumors or cancer that has spread

Official title: Exploring the Feasibility of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) and Blood Plasma Liquid Biopsy in Patients With Metastatic Solid Tumours and Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumours: A Pilot Study

Status: Recruiting. It is looking for patients now. Talk to your care team about whether it fits you.

The trial team last updated this record on .

The short version

This study is checking whether tumor DNA can be found in spinal fluid and blood.

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What the trial team says

This is a prospective, single-centre feasibility study of CSF ctDNA conducted at the Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre (SOCC), Toronto, Canada, including multiple solid tumor, stratified into cohorts according to CNS disease involvement, including leptomeningeal disease (Cohort A), parenchymal brain metastases (Cohort B), and no evidence of CNS metastases (Cohort C).

From the trial's own listing on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Key facts

Registry number
NCT07476781
Stage of testing
Not applicable
Conditions studied
Solid Tumor Malignancies, Brain Metastasases, Leptomeningeal Disease (LMD), Central Nervous System

Where it is running

This trial lists 1 site.

How to use this

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