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NCT Number: NCT05435066

Development and Validation of Harbinger Health Test for Early Cancer Detection

This is a prospective, multi-center, observational study with a collection of biospecimens and clinical data from approximately 10,000 participants from up to 125 clinical network sites and locations in the United States. The objective of this study is to collect blood samples, tissue samples, and associated clinical data from participants with a variety of solid tumor and hematologic cancers and non-cancer participants for testing and the development of a screening test for early cancer detection.

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Key information

Conditions

Age range

20 year–79 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Southern Cancer Center, Daphne, Alabama, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria - Both arms

Subjects must meet the following criteria in order to be included in the research study:

  • Written or electronic informed consent
  • Subject is 20 - 79 years of age at the time of signature of the informed consent form (ICF)
  • Male or female subjects

Inclusion criteria

Arm 1 - Cancer Subjects Arm 1 subjects enrolled in the study must meet the following inclusion criteria.

  • A confirmed diagnosis or high suspicion of cancer (stage I to IV solid cancer or hematologic cancer) by imaging within 180 days prior to enrollment; not to include myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative syndromes
  • Subject's cancer diagnosis is based upon assessment of a pathological specimen or high suspicion of cancer by imaging
  • Subject's cancer is treatment-naïve

Inclusion criteria

Arm 2 - Non-Cancer Subjects (All Cohorts)

Arm 2 subjects enrolled in the study must meet the following inclusion criteria:

  • Subject's health permits participation and the subject is not suspected of having cancer based on provider assessment.
  • The subject was not diagnosed with cancer or received cancer treatment within the last 5 years (persons with completely resected ductal carcinoma in-situ or non-melanoma skin cancer are permitted).

Part 1B Only :

  • Subject has no known current cancer and has 1 of the follow conditions:

o An Advanced Adenoma (AA) of the gastrointestinal tract as defined as an adenoma that is ≤10mm in size Subjects with any one of the criteria would be eligible High grade displasia or ≥10 adenoma: any size Tubulovillous adenoma, any size Tubular adenoma ≥10mm Traditional serrated adenoma ≥10mm

Exclusion criteria

Subject self-reporting OR available medical records at the time of screening are acceptable for assessment of all exclusion criteria.

Exclusion criteria

- Both arms

Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from study entry:

  • Subject is suffering from any febrile illness defined as a temperature >101.5°F within the last 48 hrs.
  • Subject is pregnant (by self-report of pregnancy status).

Exclusion criteria

Arm 1 - Cancer Subjects

Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from study entry:

  • Subject with a prior history of cancer within 5 years will not be allowed to participate in the study
  • More than 1 active cancer diagnosis (ie. a subject presenting with recurrent breast cancer and newly diagnosed lung cancer would be excluded; subject with prior (>5 years ago) treated breast cancer without recurrence and presenting with newly diagnosed lung cancer would be eligible).
  • Subject is currently receiving, or has in the past received, any of the following definitive therapies to treat their current cancer:
  • Surgical treatment, surgical removal, or surgical management of the cancer beyond that required to establish the cancer diagnosis. Surgical or biopsy procedures that remove more tissue than required to establish the cancer diagnosis, or that were performed to manage symptoms or initiate cancer treatment prior to blood sample collection will be considered 'definitive' and are not permissible regardless of the residual tumor mass remaining in the subject.
  • Chemotherapy (local, regional, or systemic) including chemoembolization targeted therapy;
  • Immunotherapy including cancer vaccines;
  • Hormone therapy; or
  • Radiation therapy (a single dose of palliative radiation prior to study start is allowed).
  • The subject is a recipient of an organ transplant or prior non-autologous (allogeneic) bone marrow or stem cell transplant.
  • Subject who has undergone a bowel preparation for a gastrointestinal malignancy within 3 days of an anticipated blood draw.

Exclusion criteria

Arm 2 - Non-cancer Subjects

Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from study entry:

  • The subject is the recipient of an organ transplant or prior non-autologous (allogeneic) bone marrow or stem cell transplant.

Treatment and study plan

Harbinger Health Test

Diagnostic Test

This trial will be used to test the ability of the Harbinger Health test to detect cancer using blood-based biomarkers in a large cohort of patients with cancer and matched non-cancer controls. The non-cancer controls will be followed for up to 1 year

Primary outcomes

  1. Detection of cancer or non-cancer using Harbinger Test

    Time frame: Up to 12 months

    Analyze Subject's cfDNA from blood samples for "cancer" or "non-cancer" signals using the Harbinger Health test, and compare results of the test to clinical diagnosis

  2. Performance for specific cancer types using Harbinger Test

    Time frame: Up to 12 months

    Sub-analysis by clinical diagnosis of cancer type (e.g. Breast cancer) to determine how well the Harbinger Health test detects specific tumor types

  3. Identify the correct tumor type by Harbinger Test

    Time frame: Up to 12 months

    Analyze Subject's cfDNA from blood samples to accurately identify specific tumor types (e.g. Breast cancer) using the Harbinger Health test, by comparing results of the test to clinical diagnosis

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluate performance of the Harbinger Health Test by tumor stage

    Time frame: Up to 12 months

    Assess Harbinger Health test performance with repeat of primary subgroup analysis through Tumor Stage within Cancer Type.

  2. Evaluate performance of the Harbinger Health Test to discriminate hyperplasia Advanced Adenoma.

    Time frame: Up to 12 months

    Assess Harbinger Health test performance by repeat of Primary with Subgroup Analysis of Non-Cancer vs. Hyperplasia (Advanced Adenoma).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Harbinger Health

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Registry information

Official study title

Cancer ORigin Epigenetics-Harbinger Health - Collection of Blood and Tissue Samples From Cancer and Non-Cancer Subjects for Validation of a Novel Blood-Based Multi-Cancer Screening Test

Acronym: CORE-HH

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jun 28, 2022
Registry last updated
Jul 29, 2025

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