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CTRI Number  CTRI/2018/07/015116 [Registered on: 30/07/2018] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 16/04/2019
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cohort Study 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   A blood test to detect the presence or absence of cancer 
Scientific Title of Study   A blood test to determine the probability of developing cancer and/ or its stage, by analysing the expression profile of molecular immuno-markers in healthy and cancer patients. 
Trial Acronym  BTFDC 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Astrid Velho 
Designation  Chief Physician 
Affiliation  Spectrum healthcare 
Address  Spectrum HealthCare, 81-84, Lady Ratan Tata Medical & Research Centre, Maharshi Karve Road, Cooperage, Mumbai

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400021.
India 
Phone  022-22846357  
Fax    
Email  avelho@spectrumhealthcare.co.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Astrid Velho 
Designation  Chief Physician 
Affiliation  Spectrum healthcare 
Address  Spectrum HealthCare, 81-84, Lady Ratan Tata Medical & Research Centre, Maharshi Karve Road, Cooperage, Mumbai

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400021.
India 
Phone  02222846357  
Fax    
Email  avelho@spectrumhealthcare.co.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Astrid Velho 
Designation  Chief Physician 
Affiliation  Spectrum healthcare 
Address  Spectrum HealthCare, 81-84, Lady Ratan Tata Medical & Research Centre, Maharshi Karve Road, Cooperage, Mumbai

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400021.
India 
Phone  02222846357  
Fax    
Email  avelho@spectrumhealthcare.co.in  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Epigeneres Biotech Pvt. Ltd., 2303, 23rd floor, Fairfield A, Lodha Luxuria, Majhiwada Bridge, Thane(west), Maharashtra-400501, India  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Epigeneres Biotech Pvt Ltd 
Address  Unit No. 701, 7th floor, C Wing, Marathon Innova, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai 400037. Maharashtra, India. 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Biotechnology Company] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Astrid Velho   Spectrum Healthcare  Spectrum HealthCare, 81-84, Lady Ratan Tata Medical & Research Centre, Maharshi Karve Road, Cooperage, Mumbai - 400021.
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
022-22846357

avelho@spectrumhealthcare.co.in 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Clin XXL Independent Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Healthy disease free patients 
Patients  Cancer patients,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  21.00 Year(s)
Age To  85.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Cancer group - Have a type of cancer disease.
2. Healthy group - who are not on any regular medication.
3. Are aged 21 years or older.
4. Are willing to consent to the storage of specimens for
future research.
5. Subjects enrolled will be able to provide informed
consent for themselves. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Are incarcerated.
2 Are unwilling or unable to comply with prescribed
therapy.
3. Subjects that lack the capacity to provide informed
consent autonomously are to be excluded.
4. Pregnant or lactating women.
5. Subjects who have participated in any clinical trial
in the past 1 month.
6. Any other condition that in the opinion of the
investigator that does not justify the subject’s
participation in the trial. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Outcome Assessor Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
The expression profile of the molecular immuno-
markers will help in analyzing the probability of manifestation of cancer, before any clinical
symptoms begin to appear in healthy individuals and the development of the disease in
cancer patients. 
0 days 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
The expression profile of the molecular immuno-
markers will help in understanding the efficacious treatment for the cancer patient  
0 days  
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="1000"
Sample Size from India="1000" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   31/07/2018 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Other (Terminated) 
Publication Details   NA 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
The study was terminated because the protocol required some modification. Total of 24 participants were enrolled in this study.  
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