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Status unknownNCT04794140Updated Mar 11, 2021

A Clinical Study to Evaluated Which Number of Passes of EUS-FNB is Better for Culturing Primary Cells of PDAC

An interventional study of different number of passes in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, sponsored by The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-03-11.

Sponsored by The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Mar 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The Aim of this study is to investigate the amount of tissue required for the successful culture of primary cells from human-derived pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma which obtained by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy wet suction technique

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Pancreatic cancer is one of the malignant tumors with the highest mortality rate in the world, with a 5-year survival rate of only 7.2%-9%. Because some patients are resistant to multiple chemotherapy drugs, and there are differences in drug sensitivity between individuals, the current pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) chemotherapy effect is not satisfactory. In order to improve the efficacy of chemotherapy and achieve precise treatment, it is important to establish an accurate and individualized PDAC research model.

Because most of patients with PDAC have developed to advanced stage at the time of diagnosis, it is not suitable for surgery. That limits our ability to obtain tumor cells seriously. With the development of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) technique, it can be used not only to diagnose diseases, but also to provide specimens for molecular analysis and create valuable preclinical disease research models, so as to guide the selection of the most appropriate individualized treatment. EUS-FNB can obtain lesions without any treatment. Therefore, the preclinical disease research model established by EUS-FNB is more representative of the original tumor.

However, compared with surgical specimens, the specimens obtained by EUS-FNB are smaller in size, which may affect the successful construction of research models in vitro. Therefore, the investigators plan to use EUS-FNB wet suction technique, a modified specimen acquisition method, to obtain PDAC tissue, and use it for primary cell culture, to explore the amount of tissue required for the successful cultivation of human-derived pancreatic cancer primary cells, so as to provide a prerequisite for the successful establishment of human-derived preclinical disease research model.

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Conditions studied

  • Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

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In context

Adenocarcinoma

2,004 studies on the registry are indexed under Adenocarcinoma; 374 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 60 is above the median of 45 across 1,553 interventional studies indexed under Adenocarcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University is the lead sponsor of 95 studies on the registry; 49 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Male or female, age≥18
  2. Imaging examination (US, MRI, CT or PET-CT) of patients confirmed pancreatic lesions, and considered the possibility of PDAC, EUS-FNB was needed for auxiliary diagnosis
  3. No chemotherapy, including neoadjuvant chemotherapy, postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and palliative chemotherapy, has been performed on patients
  4. Agree to attend this study and signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Poor physical condition, including but not limited to hemoglobin ≤ 8.0g/dl, severe cardiopulmonary insufficiency, etc
  2. Coagulation dysfunction (platelet count \< 50 × 1012, international standardized ratio > 1.5), or inability to discontinue anticoagulation therapy
  3. High risk for deep sedation
  4. Acute pancreatitis in the previous 2 weeks
  5. Pregnancy or lactation
  6. Any diseases leading to unreliable follow-up
  7. Absence of informed consent
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    one pass group

    We use the endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) wet suction technique to procure the specimens, and use the sample obtained from a single pass for primary cell culture. EUS-FNB wet suction technique refer from Tong T, et al. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;10.1111/jgh.15371.

    Procedure: different number of passes

  • Experimental
    two passes group

    We use the endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) wet suction technique to procure the specimens, and use the sample obtained from two passes for primary cell culture. EUS-FNB wet suction technique refer from Tong T, et al. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;10.1111/jgh.15371.

    Procedure: different number of passes

Interventions

  • Proceduredifferent number of passes

    Each patient's operation process is the same, that is, after obtaining enough specimens for diagnosis by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) wet suction technique, additional three passes are performed. One of which is randomly selected as the one pass group, and the other two passes automatically as the two pass group. Please refer to the literature for EUS-FNB wet technique (Tong T, et al. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;10.1111/jgh.15371.)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Differences in the success rate of culturing primary cells

    Differences in the success rate of pancreatic cancer primary cells (P1) and culture to the third generation (P3) between the two groups.

    Time frame: About 6 weeks after operation

  2. The difference in the representation to the original tumor between the two groups of primary cells

    Through Western Blot and PCR methods to detect the representativeness of primary cells to the primary tumor. If the patient underwent surgery later, hematoxylin-eosin staining and/or immunohistochemistry were added to compare the histological morphology with the original tumor.

    Time frame: About 8 weeks after operation

Secondary outcomes

  1. The relationship between the success rate of primary cell culture and some tumor characteristics

    Statistical methods such as chi-square test are used to analyze whether the success rate of primary cell culture is related to the tumor size, degree of differentiation, clinical stage, and the length of macroscopic visible core tissue.

    Time frame: About 6 weeks after operation

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University,
    Changsha, Hunan 410013, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 11, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04794140
Lead sponsor
The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 11, 2021
Start date
Jan 15, 2021
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 31, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 11, 2021

Study contacts

Xiaoyan Wang, M.D.
Contact
tingtong@csu.edu.cn
+8613974889301
Ting Tong, M.D.
Contact
89588355@163.com
+8613247360862
Xiaoyan Wang, M.D.
principal investigator · The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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