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Table 1 Ongoing studies using ctDNA for detecting gastric cancer

From: Clinical applications and perspectives of circulating tumor DNA in gastric cancer

NCT Number

Study type

Study title

Cohorts/Arms

Primary outcome measures

Numbers of enrollment

NCT04000425

OBSERVATIONAL

Potential Clinical Utilities of Circulating Tumor DNA in Gastric Cancer

Stomach adenocarcinoma patients who plan to receive radical gastrectomy

Disease recurrence risk; DFS; ctDNA changing to adjuvant chemotherapy response; Time of first negative ctDNA detection from positive ctDNA detection

55

NCT05029869

OBSERVATIONAL

Monitoring Minimal Residual Disease in Gastric Cancer by Liquid Biopsy Study Description

Patients with newly diagnosed and untreated gastric adenocarcinoma

The sensitivity and specificity of MRD detection using ctDNA as the biomarker

100

NCT04053725

OBSERVATIONAL

Prediction of the Efficacy of ctDNA in Immunotherapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer

Advanced Gastric Cancer Patients with second- or third-line chemotherapy and combined with immunoassay inhibitors

The proportions of patients with positive serum ctDNA that have postoperative relapse

200

NCT02887612

OBSERVATIONAL

ctDNA for Prediction of Relapse in Gastric Cancer

Early or intermediate-stage gastric cancer patients need to have surgical treatment

Positive Predictive Value; The proportions of patients with positive serum ctDNA that have postoperative relapse

200

NCT05208372

OBSERVATIONAL

Detection of CTC and ctDNA in the Diagnosis of Metastasis in Gastric Cancer

Borrmann III and Borrmann IV Gastric Cancer patients undergo either laparotomy or laparoscopic surgery

Quantity of CTCs; Expression of ctDNA

200

NCT04520295

OBSERVATIONAL

ctDNA Screening in Advanced HER2 Positive Gastric Cancer

HER2 positive gastric cancer patients

Change from baseline in molecular biomarkers (gene mutation, amplification and fusion) at time on best overall response

100

NCT04943406

OBSERVATIONAL

Peritoneal Lavage Liquid Biopsy in Patients with Gastric Cancer

Patients with histologically proven gastric or GEJ Siewert type II and III adenocarcinoma

Prognostic impact (overall survival and disease-free survival) of ctDNA positivity

150

NCT03425058

OBSERVATIONAL

Molecular Evaluation of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer

Locally advanced gastric cancer patients without distant metastasis or peritoneal dissemination (T4a/T4bN + M0)

The relationship between dMMR/MSI status and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy; The concordance and accuracy of response evaluation results determined by ctDNA, CTCs compared with imaging and serum tumor biomarkers (CEA, CA19-9, CA72-4 et al.)

80

NCT05661110

OBSERVATIONAL

Biomarker Analysis of HIPEC Combined with PD1/PDL1 Inhibitor for Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Metastasis

Advanced gastric adenocarcinoma confirmed by histology with peritoneal metastasis

Numerical changes and genomic changes of ctDNA during treatment

46

NCT04511559

OBSERVATIONAL

Methylation Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA in Gastric Cancer

Healthy volunteers and Gastric Cancer patients with upper GI endoscopy for standard clinical indications

Analysis ctDNA methylation status and its Correlation to early diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of gastric cancer

540

NCT05431621

OBSERVATIONAL

Establishment of Molecular Classification Models for Early Diagnosis of Digestive System Cancers

Newly-diagnosed patients with digestive system cancers

Establish ctDNA-targeted sequencing models for early detection of esophageal, gastric, colorectal and hepatocellular cancer, and evaluate the diagnosis value

2430

NCT05027347

OBSERVATIONAL

Detection of Plasma Circulating Tumor DNA in Gastric Cancer

Patients diagnosed with early and locally advanced stage (I, II and IIIA) gastric cancer

The sensitivity and and specificity of our mutation-based assay for detecting early-stage gastric cancer patients

200

NCT05227261

OBSERVATIONAL

Early Detection of Five Common Cancers Using the ctDNA Analysing Test

Patients with no history of cancer

Positive predictive value, Negative predictive value, sensitivity and specificity of the blood ctDNA test in early detecting cancers

3000

NCT04947995

OBSERVATIONAL

Multi-Omics Noninvasive Inspection of Tumor Risk for Gastric Cancer

Subjects aged ≥ 40 who will receive EGD

The sensitivity and specificity of blood-based multi-omics assay for early detection of gastric cancer

450

NCT05224596

OBSERVATIONAL

AssesSment of Early-deteCtion iqui oN iquid Biopsy in GASTRIC Cancer, ASCEND-Gastric

participants in cancer with new diagnosis of gastric cancer; participants in benign disease with new diagnosis of benign gastric disease

Sensitivity and specificity of the cfDNA methylation-based model in detecting gastric cancer

498

NCT05513144

OBSERVATIONAL

Potential Clinical Utilities of Circulating Tumor DNA in Advanced HER2 Negative Gastric Cancer

HER2 negative gastric cancer patients

Prognostic molecular markers; The sensitivity and specificity of ctDNA detection

30

NCT02838836

OBSERVATIONAL

Tumor Cell and DNA Detection in the Blood, Urine and Bone Marrow of Patients with Solid Cancers

Subjects with the diagnosis of a solid cancer of all stages will be included (lung, esophageal, stomach, bile duct/pancreas, colorectal, melanoma, sarcoma)

CTC/DTC numbers measured in blood, urine and bone marrow samples correlated with patient outcome

120

NCT04576858

OBSERVATIONAL

Clinical Utility of Circulating Tumor DNA in Gastro-Esophageal Cancer

Patients with gastroesophageal cancer

Time to recurrence

1950

NCT04385316

OBSERVATIONAL

Clinical Study of Gastric Cancer, Colorectal Cancer and Bladder Cancer Based on Liquid Biopsy

Gastric cancer, colorectal cancer or bladder cancer patients in Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital

Tumor related mutation spectrum in different patients

3

NCT03517332

OBSERVATIONAL

Circulating Tumor DNA Exposure in Peripheral Blood

Subjects that are diagnosed with a malignancy (cohort 1);

Subjects that have not been diagnosed with a malignancy (cohort 2)

test the feasibility of a novel process for the detection of circulating tumor DNA

10,000

NCT02674373

OBSERVATIONAL

Prognostic and Predictive Impact of Circulating Tumor DNA in Gastric Cancer Treatment

patients treated for a histologically proven, localized or advanced adenocarcinoma of gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction

PFS

200

NCT05482516

INTERVENTIONAL

Evaluating Novel Therapies in ctDNA Positive GI Cancers

Patients with GI Cancers

Rates of SignateraTM ctDNA positive Patient identification; Rate of ctDNA Complete Response (CR); Rate of ctDNA Partial Response (PR); Rate of ctDNA Progression of Disease (POD) or Clinical/radiographic Relapse

20

NCT03957564

INTERVENTIONAL

Liquid Biopsy in Monitoring the Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Operation in Gastric Cancer

Patients with resectable or locally advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (> T1 and N +) without distant metastases (M0)

Numbers and types of CTC pre- and post- neoadjuvant chemotherapy and after operation; Mutation rate and concentration of ctDNA pre- and post- neoadjuvant chemotherapy and after operation

40

NCT04929015

INTERVENTIONAL

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Leveraging ctDNA Guided Treatment in GI Cancer Study (PERICLES Study)

Patients with GI Cancers with documented diffuse peritoneal carcinomatosis

Clearance rate of ctDNA with cytoreductive surgery (CRS), comparing with clinical staging of CRS

30

NCT04510285

INTERVENTIONAL

A Single-Arm Pilot Study of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Plus Trastuzumab in HER2 + Esophagogastric Tumors with Persistent Circulating Tumor DNA Following Curative Resection

ECOG performance status 0–2

Rate of ctDNA Clearance at 6 months with treatment

1

NCT05594381

INTERVENTIONAL

A Biomarker Study for Predicting the Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Sintilimab Plus SOX for Gastric Adenocarcinoma

G/GEJ adenocarcinoma patients with cStage III

Pathological complete response rate (pCR)

90

NCT05494060

INTERVENTIONAL

XELOX Combined with Anlotinib and Penpulimab vs XELOX as Adjuvant Therapy in ctDNA Positive Gastric and Esophagogastric Junction Adenocarcinoma

ECOG performance status score 0–1; Histologically or cytologically confirmed GC or GEJ carcinoma, had been treated with Radical resection (D2, R0 or R1); Pathological stage:II-III (8th AJCC TNM)

DFS

80

NCT05348161

INTERVENTIONAL

Dynamic Multiomics Evaluation of Anti-HER2 and Immunotherapy in HER2 Positive Gastric Cancer

Patients histologically confirmed of unresectable recurrent or metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma with HER2 overexpression confirmed by IHC or ISH

Proportions and numbers of HER2 & PD-L1 positive CTC; Incidence rate of ctDNA deletion, amplification, insertion and other types of variation evaluated

100

NCT04162665

INTERVENTIONAL

MR-guided Pre-operative RT in Gastric Cancer

Newly diagnosed histologically or cytologically gastric adenocarcinoma

Complete pathologic response (pCR—primary and nodal) rate

36