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NCT Number: NCT06665945

The SENTRY Study: Testing Whether Changes in Platelet RNA Enhance the Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer

The purpose of the SENTRY (Stability Enhanced Transcriptional Analytics) Study is to test whether combining a unique analytical approach with changes in platelet RNA expression accurately diagnoses ovarian cancer. Using retrospective data, the investigators have developed an approach that appears to accurately classify ovarian cancer with relatively high sensitivity and specificity. The SENTRY Study will build upon these retrospective analyses to prospectively recruit women with ovarian cancer or an ovarian mass (and healthy control women), obtain platelet RNA samples from whole blood, and perform validation analyses to test our hypothesis.

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Key information

Age range

21 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Kim Norman, MPH, CPH

CONTACT

[email protected]

801-581-5895

Theresa Werner, MD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Study Populations 1 and 2: Women with a Recent Diagnosis of an Ovarian or Pelvic Mass (n=215)

Inclusion criteria

  • Women aged 21 years or older
  • Diagnosed with any type of ovarian or pelvic mass
  • Treatment naïve for current ovarian cancer (if cancer has been diagnosed)
  • The treating medical provider(s) are planning to perform a biopsy, surgery, or other diagnostic procedure to further evaluate the ovarian or pelvic mass (if not already diagnosed prior to consent)

Exclusion criteria

  • Any other active malignancy
  • Other diagnosis of any cancer within the last 6 months except for non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • Treatment for any cancer within the last 6 months except for non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix. Adjuvant endocrine therapy or other maintenance therapy is allowed.
  • Currently receiving chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or other treatments for ovarian cancer
  • Has already undergone complete ovarian mass resection
  • Unable to provide blood sample

Study Population 3: Control Women without Ovarian Cancer (n=30)

Inclusion criteria

  • Women aged 21 years or older

Exclusion criteria

  • Any active malignancy or diagnosis of cancer within the last 6 months except for non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • Treatment for any cancer within the last 6 months except for non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • Hospitalization or surgery (other than minor surgery such as mole removal) within the last 8 weeks
  • Renal failure (defined as eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73m² or on dialysis)
  • Liver failure (defined as having hepatic encephalopathy of any degree, OR moderately severe coagulopathy defined as INR ≥ 1.5, OR known cirrhosis, OR ALT of ≥ 10X ULN, OR total bilirubin of ≥ 3.0 mg/dL, OR diagnosis of liver failure)
  • Decompensated or end-stage heart failure (defined as ACC/AHA Stage C or Stage D heart failure)
  • Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (defined as a HbA1c > 9.0%)
  • Venous thrombosis, myocardial infarction, or stroke within the last 8 weeks
  • Currently pregnant or have been pregnant within the last 12 weeks
  • Any blood product transfusion within the last 8 weeks
  • Personal history of ovarian cancer at any time
  • History of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
  • History of oophorectomy
  • Unable to provide blood sample

Treatment and study plan

Platelet RNA expression

Diagnostic Test

The SENTRY (Stability Enhanced Transcriptional Analytics) Study is to test whether combining a unique analytical approach with changes in platelet RNA expression accurately diagnoses ovarian cancer.

Primary outcomes

  1. Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer Detection

    Time frame: Following informed consent (study visit 1, day 1).

    The goal is to determine if changes in platelet RNA expression accurately diagnoses ovarian cancer. This outcome will report the number of true positive, true negative, false positive, and false negative results from this assay.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Syrenna Lisonbee

CONTACT

[email protected]

801-585-0161

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Utah

Other

Registry information

Acronym: SENTRY

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Oct 30, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 9, 2026

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