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RecruitingNCT07803289Updated Sep 3, 2026

Biomarkers for Cancer Treatment

An observational study in Cancer and Biomarker Discovery and Validation, sponsored by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Recruiting at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-03.

Sponsored by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started May 2026; still recruiting 6 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
48
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Circulating biomarkers, such as miRNAs and proteomics, undergo identifiable and measurable changes during and following treatment for cancer, compared to pre-treatment baseline. Some of these changes may be associated either with known treatment parameters or predictive for cardiac or lung toxicity.

The aim is to identify and validate changes following treatment for cancer, compared to pre-treatment baseline, as well as differential miRNA expression in two-group comparisons (patients receiving radical RT/chemoRT for thoracic cancers versus IO-based complex SACT).

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To identify and validate changes in miRNA pre- and post- radical RT/chemo-RT (cohort 1) and pre- and post- IO-based complex SACT (cohort 2) and elucidate links between dysregulated miRNAs and clinical evaluations.

To identify and validate changes in protein biomarker profile (1,034 protein targets) pre- and post- radical RT/chemo-RT (cohort 1) and pre- and post- IO-based complex SACT (cohort 2) and to elucidate links between changes in proteins relevant to immune and inflammatory pathways and clinical evaluations.

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Conditions studied

  • Cancer
  • Biomarker Discovery and Validation

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Keywords

  • miRNA
  • proteomics
  • blood biomarkers
  • cancer treatment
  • toxicity
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In context

Neoplasms

10,818 studies on the registry are indexed under Neoplasms; 2,324 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 48 is below the median of 200 across 2,638 observational studies indexed under Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is the lead sponsor of 57 studies on the registry; 8 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
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients on treatment for cancer at UHCW NHS Trust

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Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patients (Age >18 years)
  • Histologically/Cytological confirmed solid tumour
  • Treated with radical RT or concurrent chemo-RT (Cohort 1) OR
  • Treated with chemo-IO or IO-IO combination (Cohort 2)
  • treatment
  • Able to provide
  • Willing to comply with study procedures

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • for RT or chemotherapy (Cohort 1) OR
  • Contraindication for chemotherapy or IO (Cohort 2)
  • Use of chemotherapy or immunotherapy in the last 5 years. (Cohort 1) OR
  • Use of radical RT or chemo-RT within the thorax in the last 5 years. (Cohort 2)
  • Beyond treatment (second line onwards)
  • Has more than 1 active cancer requiring treatment
  • Recent participation in an interventional study
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • On long term cytotoxics or immune-modulators for rheumatoid arthritis or connective tissue disorders or auto-immune disorders
  • Poor , likely less than 6 months
  • Patients not likely to comply with treatment or the study
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

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Informed consent

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
48 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Patients treated with RT

    Patients treated with curative-intent RT/chemo-RT for lung or oesophageal cancer

  • Patients treated with SACT

    Patients treated with IO-based complex SACT for any malignant solid tumour

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Blood results

    Identifying and validating changes in miRNA expression

    Time frame: Baseline visit

  2. Blood results

    Identifying and validating changes in miRNA expression

    Time frame: 12 week follow-up visit

Secondary outcomes

  1. Blood results

    Identifying and validating changes in protein biomarker profiles

    Time frame: Baseline visit

  2. Blood results

    Identifying and validating changes in protein biomarker profiles

    Time frame: 12 week follow-up visit

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites 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 Sep 3, 2026, 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
NCT07803289
Lead sponsor
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Collaborators
Coventry University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 3, 2026
Start date
May 1, 2026
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 30, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 3, 2026

Study contacts

Hardip Sandhu, MBA, BSc, MSc, PhD
Contact
ab1682@coventry.ac.uk
+442477 659305

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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