NCT02499458

Prospective Validation of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Circulating Endothelial Cells (CECs) as Prognostic Biomarkers in Clear Cell Renal Cancer

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT02499458
Registration Date2015-07-16
Statuscompleted
SponsorLondon Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
CountryCanada
Industrynot industry
Blindingunblinded
Center Typesingel-center RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In2014-11-01
Last Patient Out2018-12-01
Publicationn
Gender %ALL
Mean Age18 Years -
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field OPENAI
gpt-4o
4097ms / 8878 tok
GLM
glm-5.1
5538ms / 9031 tok
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
4759ms / 10314 tok
Review
rct_type N/A N/A N/A OK
cancer_status Cancer Cancer Cancer OK
non_cancer_spec N/A N/A N/A OK
setting_patient outpatient outpatient outpatient OK
setting_place other hospital → other
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: hospital Requery: other — The intervention involves testing a microfluidic technology for circulating tumor cells in a cohort of patients, likely in a clinical research setting or outpatient environment rather than any specific inpatient care setting.
other other → other
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: other Requery: other — This is an observational biomarker study for metastatic cancer patients receiving standard targeted therapies and routine outpatient clinic blood draws, which classifies as an outpatient/community setting.
other other → other
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: other Requery: other — This is an observational biomarker study involving blood draws and imaging assessments that would typically occur in outpatient clinic settings rather than requiring hospitalization.
OK
feasibility N/A N/A N/A OK
intervention_pharmacologic no no no OK
intervention_chemo_immuno_radio no no no OK
intervention_complementary no no no OK
intervention_device no no no OK
intervention_psychological no no no OK
intervention_complex no no no OK
intervention_acp no no no OK
intervention_music no no no OK
intervention_screening no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — The trial is testing CTC microfluidic technology for prognostic and predictive biomarker purposes, not for screening palliative care needs.
no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — This is an observational study validating prognostic biomarkers (CTCs/CECs), not testing a screening intervention to identify palliative care needs.
no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — This is an observational study validating biomarkers (CTCs and CECs) for prognostic purposes, not testing a screening intervention to identify palliative care needs.
OK
intervention_palliative no no no OK
intervention_education no no no OK
intervention_digital no no no OK
intervention_other no no no OK
outcome_symptom no no no OK
outcome_qol no no no OK
outcome_dignity no no no OK
outcome_cost no no no OK
outcome_other yes yes yes OK
pharmacologic_sub N/A N/A N/A OK
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