The Suitability of Sniff Dog as a Tool in Screening Tumors

Chang-Qing Gao

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Neoplasia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02049645

Xiang-Ya 0001

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 screening cancer patients in health examination. Trained dogs will sniff serum from participants who are attending the annual health examination to identify potential or high risk subjects, and the results will be compared with the outcome of the traditional health examination, and the high risk subjects will be followed periodically for at least five years.

Enrollment: 4,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• old than 20 years
• currently without cancer diagnosed with pathological examination
• allow the study team to examine his/her case history and incoming record

Exclusion criteria

• cancer patients with pathological diagnosis
• who does not allow the study team to examine his/her case history and incoming record

Trial design

4,000 participants in 1 patient group

faculty staff and their adult family members

Description:

faculties and their adult family members of the Third Xiang-Ya Hospital