The Sensitivity and Specificity of Sniff Dog as a Tool in Diagnosing the Suspected Tumor Patients
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- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Neoplasia. Basic parameters: from 1 year · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- China
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Previous studies have demonstrated that sniff dogs can identify cancer patients from healthy subjects through sniffing exhaled breath air or blood or serum or urine or feces. It is hypothesized that sniff dogs may be used as a tool in identifying cancer patients in the high risk population or suspected patients. Trained dogs will sniff serum from participants who are suspected to suffer from tumor by their physicians and not yet but will be diagnosed by pathological examination.The results will be compared with the outcome of the pathological examination.
Primary outcome measures
- sensitivity and specificity of the sniff dogs as a tool in diagnosing tumors [Time frame: 12 months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- behavior patterns of the sniff dogs to different diseases [Time frame: 12 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Healthy volunteers who have been examined by the currently used procedures and find to be without tumors.
- Patients in the breast surgery, thoracic surgery, gynecological and neurosurgery departments with lesions with characteristics of tumors
Exclusion criteria
- Patients who have had pathological results
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
China · 1 center
- Center for Scientific Research with Animal Models, CSU — Changsha
Identifiers
NCT: NCT02049658 · Xiang-Ya 0003 · XY 0003