The Difference of microRNA and Circulating Tumor Cells in Blood Among Cancer Patients With Immunotherapy

Among the currently important biomarkers, circulating tumor cells and microRNA (miRNA) have received significant attention. The latter, also translated as micro-ribonucleic acid, is a widely present ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule in eukaryotes, approximately 21 to 23 nucleotides in length, which regulates the expression of other genes. miRNAs originate from RNAs that are transcribed from DNA but cannot be further translated into proteins (classified as non-coding RNA). miRNAs bind to target messenger RNA (mRNA), thereby inhibiting post-transcriptional gene expression, and play important roles in regulating gene expression, the cell cycle, and the timing of biological development.The project will recruit 300 subjects who have been diagnosed with cancer by a physician and for whom the decision has been made to use immunotherapy. Blood samples will be collected before and after treatment (past pathological diagnostic tissues may also be reviewed as required for the study). The study will analyze the differences in the quantity of free microRNAs, the number of circulating tumor cells, and the differences in surface antigen expression in the subjects' blood, as well as the specific surface antigen expression status in the cancer tissues, and perform statistical analysis.

NCT Number	NCT07260370
Lead Sponsor	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Conditions	microRNA, Circulating Tumor Cells, Immunotherapy
Enrollment	300 participants
Start Date	2018-05-23
Primary Completion	2025-12-27 (estimated)
Study Completion	2026-04-30 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-12-03