A Novel Molecular Approach to Blood DNA Screening for Cancer: Specificity Assessment (The NOMAD Study)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMayo Clinic

About this trial

This study is being done to establish "normal' values for a new blood test and urine test approach to cancer screening. Patients undergo blood and urine sample collection on study. Patients' medical records are reviewed.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

10,000 patients without a known internal (non-cutaneous) cancer or a history of an internal cancer

To balance age, rough recruitment goals will be set for the following subsets: 18-39 years, 40-49 years , 50-59 years , 60-69 years , 70-79 years , and >= 80 years

To balance sex, roughly half of the participants recruited within each age subset will be women

Roughly half of all participants will have had a colonoscopy or colon x-ray within the past 5 years, or Cologuard® test in the last 3 years which were negative for cancer and precancerous lesions

Disqualifiers

Patients has a past or current diagnosis of invasive cancer (this does not include basal cell or squamous cell skin cancers)

Patient has had a solid organ transplant

Inability to give informed consent

Patient has transurethral instrumentation (cystoscopy, placement of urinary catheter) within the 7 days prior to sample collection

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Non-Interventional Study

Treatment groups

10,000 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators