Apheresis - Circulating Tumour Cell

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Isolation and characterisation of circulating tumour cells from apheresis products obtained from patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

• IRAS ID

  366032

• Contact name

  Johann De Bono

• Contact email

  Johann.de-Bono@icr.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Institute of Cancer Research

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  NA, NA

• Duration of Study in the UK

  5 years, 0 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  This is a study which entails the analysis of tissue samples collected by Diagnostic leukapheresis [DLA] from participants with mCRPC within a past study (CCR2996: A pilot study of the separation & molecular characterization of circulating tumour cells (CTC) using apheresis collection in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer). This was a non-randomised, observational tissue collection study.

• REC name

  West Midlands - South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  26/WM/0092

• Date of REC Opinion

  29 Apr 2026

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion