Surveillance of Pancreatic Health After Diabetes Diagnosis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age50-84
SponsorUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

About this trial

The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate if the novel diagnostic blood test, called Avantect can early detect pancreatic cancer in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within the last 6 months.

Participants will:

* attend 3 study visits over 12 months time * provide a blood sample at each study visit * complete an anxiety questionnaire at each visit.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

50 - 84 years of age at the time of enrolment (within year of birth, not month of birth)

Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥ 48 or 6.5% and/or confirmed type II DM diagnosed within the last 180 days (+20 days flexibility allowance)

Willing to provide up to 30 mL of blood for each study visit

Willing and eligible to undergo MRI scan (or CT scan if MRI is contraindicated)

Disqualifiers

Prior type I or type II DM diagnosis > 6 months

A history of pancreatic cancer, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour (pNET) or Pancreatitis

Under investigation for pancreatic cancer / pancreatic cyst

Any known pancreatic surgery (not including ERCP), or other major surgery requiring anaesthesia within 3 months

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Avantect Pancreatic Cancer Test

Treatment groups

15,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

31
Cheshire
Ashfields Primary Care CentreCW11 1EQ, Sandbach United Kingdom
Kent
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustME16 9QQ, Maidstone United Kingdom
Balance Street Health CentreST14 8JG, Uttoxeter United Kingdom
Leicester Forest East
Forest Medical GroupLE3 3LW, Leicester United Kingdom

Sponsors and collaborators

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Lead sponsor

ClearNote Health

Collaborator