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Methylation Profile Test (Methylscape) in Body Fluids for Multi-Cancer Detection and Monitoring in Colombia (METHYLSCAPE-CO)

28 luglio 2026 aggiornato da: Centro de Tratamiento e Investigación sobre Cáncer, Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo

Evaluation of a Rapid Test for the Detection of Methylation Profiles (Methylscape) in Various Body Fluids as a Universal Biomarker for Cancer Detection and Monitoring

DNA methylation changes occur early and broadly during carcinogenesis. Methylscape is a rapid assay that detects global DNA methylation patterns in body fluids (blood, urine, and saliva) and may detect a cancer signal and predict the cancer signal origin (CSO) from a single fluid sample, using the differential interaction between methylated and unmethylated DNA and gold nanoparticles.

This prospective observational study evaluates the diagnostic performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the Methylscape test in Colombian patients with various biopsy-confirmed solid tumors compared with age- and sex-matched cancer-free (healthy) volunteers. The study is conducted in three parts: Phase 1 validates the assay in 250 patients with cancer; Sub-study 2a compares 1,500 patients with cancer against 1,500 matched cancer-free volunteers; and Sub-study 2b uses serial blood and urine sampling in 300 patients with early-stage disease to assess detection of disease relapse during follow-up, in parallel with standard imaging.

The study also estimates positive and negative predictive values (PPV/NPV) and projects the budget impact and cost-effectiveness of Methylscape as a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tool in an upper-middle-income Latin American setting.

Panoramica dello studio

Stato

Reclutamento

Condizioni

Intervento / Trattamento

Descrizione dettagliata

Background. Most cancers lack reliable screening methods, often leading to advanced-stage diagnosis. Multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests based on body fluids can screen for several cancer types from a single sample. DNA methylation, which occurs early in carcinogenesis and is tissue-specific, is the most commonly used marker in MCED assays. Methylscape leverages global differences in the genomic distribution of methylation between cancerous and normal tissues, detected electrochemically through differential adsorption of DNA on gold electrodes.

Objective. To determine whether Methylscape can detect the methylation landscape across multiple cancer types with sufficiently high specificity to predict the cancer signal origin (CSO), and to assess its potential application as a population-scale MCED test among Colombians.

Design. Single-center prospective observational study conducted at CTIC (Bogotá, Colombia), with sample processing at CTIC and Columbia University. Phase 1 (N=250 patients with cancer) provides initial validation across solid tumor types selected by local incidence. Sub-study 2a (1,500 patients with cancer and 1,500 matched cancer-free volunteers) provides large-scale clinical validation. Sub-study 2b (N=300 early-stage patients) evaluates serial blood/urine Methylscape testing for relapse detection during follow-up every 6 months. Phase 1 participants may enter Sub-studies 2a/2b only if they meet the corresponding criteria and provide new informed consent; cross-phase participation is flagged in the database to adjust statistical estimates.

Biospecimens & reference standards. Blood/plasma (K2EDTA), urine, saliva, and FFPE tumor tissue are collected and stored at -80 °C in the CTIC biobank. Cancers are coded with WHO ICD-O-3; stage per AJCC 8th edition. Reference standards: histopathology (MCED), RECIST 1.1 or biopsy (relapse), and absence of cancer by record review plus 12-month follow-up (cancer-free).

Statistical analysis. Sensitivity and specificity are estimated overall and by stage/type (expected sensitivity 85-90%, specificity 98%; 95% confidence, 80% power). PPV/NPV are derived via Bayes' theorem with prevalence from GLOBOCAN 2022; 95% CIs by stratified bootstrap (1,000 resamples). Budget impact and cost-effectiveness (QALYs) are projected via microsimulation and Markov models.

Tipo di studio

Osservativo

Iscrizione (Stimato)

3250

Contatti e Sedi

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Contatto studio

  • Nome: Andrés Cardona, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA
  • Numero di telefono: +573016348173
  • Email: acardona@fctic.org

Luoghi di studio

  • Colombia
    • Bogota D.C.
      • Bogotá, Bogota D.C., Colombia, 110131
        • Reclutamento
        • Fundación CTIC Centro de Tratamiento e Investigación sobre Cáncer Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo
        • Contatto:
          • Liliana Gutiérrez Babativa, RN, MSc
          • Numero di telefono: +573003768158
          • Email: lgutierrez@fctic.org

Criteri di partecipazione

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Criteri di ammissibilità

Età idonea allo studio

  • Adulto
  • Adulto più anziano

Accetta volontari sani

Sì

Metodo di campionamento

Campione non probabilistico

Popolazione di studio

Colombian adults (≥18 years) with biopsy-confirmed solid tumors selected by local incidence (emphasis on breast, lung, and gastric cancer) and age- and sex-matched cancer-free volunteers, recruited at a single cancer center (CTIC) in Bogotá, Colombia.

Descrizione

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adults aged 18 years or older.
  • Willing and able to participate and to provide the required samples (blood, urine, saliva) and demographic information (age, sex, race/ethnicity, BMI).
  • Able to provide written informed consent for participation and for use of biological samples. For CTIC Biobank samples, prior research-use consent is verified.
  • Demographic/anthropometric comparability (race, ethnicity, BMI) with other participants; race/ethnicity by self-identification (WHO and national census categories); BMI per WHO categories.

Inclusion - Cancer cohort:

  • Cancer diagnosis confirmed within 90 days prior to sample collection.
  • Biopsy-proven malignancy with radiological staging.
  • No anticancer treatment at the time of collection or within the previous 3 years.
  • Inclusion - Cancer-free (healthy) cohort:
  • No cancer diagnosis or treatment in the previous 3 years (ICD-O-3 behavior code 2 or 3).
  • Not under evaluation for suspected cancer (verified by medical record review or additional medical evaluation).
  • Subjects with benign tumors (code 0) or tumors of uncertain behavior (code 1) may be included if there is no clinical evidence of progression or malignancy.

Additional criteria - tumor-burden monitoring (Sub-study 2b):

  • Biopsy-confirmed cancer.
  • ECOG performance status ≤ 2.

Exclusion Criteria (both cohorts):

  • Failure to meet the general or cohort-specific inclusion criteria.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Organ transplant recipients.
  • Use of demethylating agents (azacitidine, decitabine) or cytotoxic agents (including for autoimmune/inflammatory conditions).
  • Prior or ongoing anticancer therapy: cancer surgery beyond that needed for diagnosis; local, regional, or systemic chemotherapy (including chemoembolization); targeted therapy; immunotherapy (including cancer vaccines); hormonal therapy; or radiotherapy.

Piano di studio

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Come è strutturato lo studio?

Dettagli di progettazione

Coorti e interventi

Gruppo / Coorte
Intervento / Trattamento
Patients with cancer
Colombian adults (≥18 y) with biopsy-confirmed solid tumors (behavior code 3, ICD-O-3) diagnosed within 90 days and untreated. Provide blood, urine, saliva, and FFPE tumor tissue for Methylscape testing. An early-stage subset is followed with serial blood/urine sampling for relapse detection (Sub-study 2b).
Test diagnostico: Methylscape DNA methylation assay
Rapid assay measuring global DNA methylation patterns in body fluids (blood/plasma, urine, saliva) and FFPE tumor tissue via differential adsorption of methylated vs. unmethylated DNA on gold electrodes (differential pulse voltammetry), to detect a cancer signal and predict the cancer signal origin (CSO). Applied to both groups; no therapeutic intervention is administered.
Cancer-free (healthy) volunteers
Colombian adults (≥18 y) without cancer diagnosis or treatment in the prior 3 years, matched to cancer patients by sex, age, race/ethnicity, and BMI. Provide blood, urine, and saliva for Methylscape testing (Sub-study 2a).
Test diagnostico: Methylscape DNA methylation assay
Rapid assay measuring global DNA methylation patterns in body fluids (blood/plasma, urine, saliva) and FFPE tumor tissue via differential adsorption of methylated vs. unmethylated DNA on gold electrodes (differential pulse voltammetry), to detect a cancer signal and predict the cancer signal origin (CSO). Applied to both groups; no therapeutic intervention is administered.

Cosa sta misurando lo studio?

Misure di risultato primarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Sensitivity of the Methylscape test for cancer-signal detection, as assessed against histopathological confirmation as the reference standard
Lasso di tempo: Baseline
Percentage of participants with biopsy-confirmed cancer who have a positive Methylscape result (cancer signal detected). Reported overall and by subgroup (cancer stage per AJCC 8th ed. and cancer type per ICD-O); all subgroups use the same unit. Adjusted by GLOBOCAN 2022 incidence.
Baseline
Specificity of the Methylscape test for cancer-signal detection, as assessed against absence of cancer confirmed by medical-record review and 12-month follow-up
Lasso di tempo: 12 months
Percentage of confirmed cancer-free volunteers who have a negative Methylscape result (no cancer signal detected).
12 months

Misure di risultato secondarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Accuracy of Methylscape cancer-signal-origin (CSO) prediction, measured as the percentage of cases in which the predicted tissue of origin matches the histopathologically confirmed primary tumor site
Lasso di tempo: Baseline
Among participants with a positive Methylscape cancer signal, the percentage in which the Methylscape-predicted tissue of origin agrees with the confirmed primary site (ICD-O morphology code).
Baseline
Sensitivity and specificity of serial Methylscape testing for detection of disease relapse, as assessed against imaging response (RECIST 1.1) or biopsy of local recurrence
Lasso di tempo: At 6, 12, 18, and 24 months
In early-stage participants under follow-up (Sub-study 2b), sensitivity and specificity of serial blood/urine Methylscape testing for detecting disease relapse. Sensitivity and specificity are both reported as percentages (same unit of measure); the reference standard is radiological progression per RECIST 1.1 or biopsy-confirmed local recurrence.
At 6, 12, 18, and 24 months

Altre misure di risultato

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Positive and negative predictive value (PPV and NPV) of Methylscape for cancer-signal detection
Lasso di tempo: Up to 12 months
Positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of the Methylscape cancer-signal result, both reported as percentages. Values are computed via Bayes' theorem using cancer prevalence estimated from GLOBOCAN 2022, with 95% confidence intervals obtained by stratified bootstrap (1,000 resamples). Reference standard: histopathological confirmation for cancer status and absence of cancer by medical-record review and 12-month follow-up for cancer-free status.
Up to 12 months
Diagnostic performance of Methylscape in cancers with versus without established screening programs
Lasso di tempo: Up to 12 months
Sensitivity and specificity of Methylscape, both reported as percentages, compared between cancers with established screening options (e.g., breast, cervical, lung) and cancers without standard screening. Reference standard: histopathological confirmation (sensitivity) and absence of cancer by medical-record review and 12-month follow-up (specificity).
Up to 12 months
Budget impact of implementing Methylscape as a multi-cancer early detection strategy
Lasso di tempo: Through study completion, an average of 24 months
Estimated incremental budget impact of introducing Methylscape as a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) and relapse-detection tool versus current screening and follow-up practice in the Colombian health system, reported in Colombian pesos (COP). Estimated using microsimulation and Markov models populated with study-derived diagnostic performance.
Through study completion, an average of 24 months
Cost-effectiveness of Methylscape (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio)
Lasso di tempo: Through study completion, an average of 24 months
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of Methylscape versus current practice, reported as cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained, in Colombian pesos per QALY (COP/QALY). Estimated using microsimulation and Markov models populated with study-derived diagnostic performance.
Through study completion, an average of 24 months

Collaboratori e investigatori

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Sponsor

Centro de Tratamiento e Investigación sobre Cáncer, Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo

Pubblicazioni e link utili

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Inizio studio (Effettivo)

5 giugno 2025

Completamento primario (Stimato)

4 giugno 2027

Completamento dello studio (Stimato)

15 gennaio 2028

Date di iscrizione allo studio

Primo inviato

23 giugno 2026

Primo inviato che soddisfa i criteri di controllo qualità

28 luglio 2026

Primo Inserito (Effettivo)

3 agosto 2026

Aggiornamenti dei record di studio

Ultimo aggiornamento pubblicato (Effettivo)

3 agosto 2026

Ultimo aggiornamento inviato che soddisfa i criteri QC

28 luglio 2026

Ultimo verificato

1 luglio 2026

Maggiori informazioni

Termini relativi a questo studio

Parole chiave

Termini MeSH pertinenti aggiuntivi

Altri numeri di identificazione dello studio

  • Methylscape
  • CEI-183 (Altro identificatore: Comité de Ética de la Investigación Riesgo de Fractura S.A)

Piano per i dati dei singoli partecipanti (IPD)

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SÌ

Descrizione del piano IPD

De-identified individual participant data (IPD) underlying the results reported in study publications will be made available, together with the corresponding data dictionary. Data will be shared in fully anonymized form, with direct and indirect identifiers removed in accordance with Colombian Law 1581 of 2012 on personal data protection. Sharing is subject to the approvals and conditions described under Access Criteria and to any constraints arising from the sponsor's intellectual-property rights in the Methylscape assay

Periodo di condivisione IPD

Data will become available beginning 6 months after publication of the primary results and will remain available until 5 years after the study completion date, consistent with the institutional data-retention period.

Criteri di accesso alla condivisione IPD

Access will be granted to qualified researchers whose proposed use has been approved by the study sponsor and the Comité de Ética en Investigación. Requestors must submit a methodologically sound research proposal and execute a data access/use agreement. Requests should be directed to the principal investigator. Data will be shared through a secure, controlled-access mechanism, and no personally identifiable information will be released.

Tipo di informazioni di supporto alla condivisione IPD

  • RSI

Informazioni su farmaci e dispositivi, documenti di studio

Studia un prodotto farmaceutico regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

No

Studia un dispositivo regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

No

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