Non-invasive Biomarker Discovery for Pre-cervical or/and Cervical Cancer--ACTN4 and Other Biomarkers in Menstrual Blood

February 7, 2024 updated by: Pui Wah Choi, WomenX Biotech Limited

The goal of this clinical trial is

  1. To test the sensitivity and specificity of using ACTN4 from menstrual blood for the detection of pre-cervical or/and cervical cancer.
  2. If ACTN4 is not a promising biomarker, other biomarkers will be explored.
  3. To develop an effective and non-invasive detection method for pre-cervical or/and cervical cancer.

in Women with menstruation.

The main question it aims to answer is:

To validate whether menstrual blood could be used as a non-invasive means for the detection of pre-cervical or cervical cancer

Participants will

  1. Join the briefing session of the study
  2. Sign the consent form and health questionnaire
  3. Submit the cervical medical report(s) within 3 months or perform sponsored pap smear test
  4. Collect the menstrual blood sample

If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare The diseased group and the healthy group according to the medical reports they provided to see if ACTN4 from menstrual blood is a promising biomarker for the detection of pre-cervical or cervical cancer

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

First stage of study: Female subjects within the age group will first attend an online research briefing session. After the online briefing session, the participant is provided an opportunity to join a private 1-to-1 consultation session, which enables the participant to be more familiar with the details of the research content, consent form, study procedures, and data confidentiality. If they have no further questions regarding the research content, consent form, etc. during the consultation session. They will sign the consent for participating in the study, they will fill in a questionnaire (attached) and clinic pap smear application form (attached). The questionnaire helps the research team to understand the subject's medical, gynaecological, and sexual histories; a unique identifier code will be given to each subject.

Second Stage of study: The research team will select the subjects based on the questionnaire answers. If the selected subjects have undergone pap test/ HPV test or coloscopy recently, within 3 months, they will submit the related medical record with the unique identifier number to us. If the selected subjects have not undergone pap test/ HPV test or coloscopy recently, within 3 months, they will be sponsored to Pap test or/and HPV genotyping or/and colposcopy at the designated hospitals or clinics. When their Pap test or/and HPV genotyping or/and colposcopy results are available, they or the designated hospitals/ clinics will send us the related medical reports with the unique identifier number.

Third Stage of Study: The participants will be further selected according to the medical records submitted. If the participants were selected to enter the third stage of the study, the selected subjects will submit their menstrual blood to us with a unique identifier number given.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

300

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Hong Kong
      • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • Recruiting
        • WomenX Biotech Limited
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female aged between 18 to 65
  • Have menstruation
  • Had sex before
  • Can read and write Chinese/ English
  • Without taking any medication (Except nutritional supplements, traditional Chinese medicine, and health care products etc.)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects who used medication will be excluded from the sample collection. Moreover, subjects with visible signs of gynarcological infections (e.g. gonorrhea, trichomonas vaginalis) or suffered an HIV/ hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infection will be excluded.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Screening
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: A sanitary pad as a menstrual blood collector
The sanitary pad is similar to the normal sanitary pad.
Device: Special sanitary pad
The special sanitary pad is similar to the normal sanitary pad with 0.01 agar gel only. The agar gel is an approved source of food.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
ACTN4 is a promising biomarkers for the detection of pre-cervical/ cervical cancer
Time Frame: From enrollment to sample analysis, 1month

Hemoglobin will be depleted from samples using NTA agarose beads according to the method of Ringrose and following the manufacturer's instructions [1]. A human ACTN4 ELISA kit (Cusabio Biotech Co. LTD) will be used according to the manufacturer's instructions for revealing the concentration of ACTN4 in the samples [2].

  1. Ringrose, J.H., et al., Highly efficient depletion strategy for the two most abundant erythrocyte soluble proteins improves proteome coverage dramatically. J Proteome Res, 2008. 7(7): p. 3060-3.
  2. ELISA Protocol-Cusabio. Cusabio Life Science-Your Biology Science Partner. 2020 Jul 22; Available from:

https://www.cusabio.com/m-264.html.
From enrollment to sample analysis, 1month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

WomenX Biotech Limited

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

July 20, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 7, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 7, 2024

First Posted (Estimated)

February 15, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

February 15, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 7, 2024

Last Verified

February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2023-001 (University of Missouri)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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