The Sensitivity and Specificity of Sniff Dog as a Tool in Diagnosing the Suspected Tumor Patients

Chang-Qing Gao

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Neoplasia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02049658

XY 0003

Xiang-Ya 0003

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 2,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1+ year old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

2,000 participants in 5 patient groups

Healthy volunteers

Description:

Healthy volunteers measured by currently used healthy screening procedures

Suspected breast cancer subjects

Description:

Suspected breast cancer subjects without pathological examination yet but will have it soon

Suspected lung cancer subjects

Description:

Suspected lung cancer subjects without pathological examination yet but will have it soon

Suspected neurological tumor subjects

Description:

Suspected neurological tumor subjects without pathological examination yet but will have it soon

Suspected patients with gynecological tumor

Description:

Suspected subjects with gynecological tumors without pathological examination yet but will have it soon