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Table 2 Overview of miRNA utilization for cancer screening and diagnosis in clinical trials

From: The potential of microRNAs in cancer diagnostic and therapeutic strategies: a narrative review

miR(s)

Role

Cancer type

Methods

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier

miR-155

Diagnostic biomarker

Bladder cancer

qRT-PCR

NCT03591367

miR panel

Screening tools

Multicentric breast cancer

Not provided

NCT04516330

5 miR index (endometrial cancer), and miR-200b (ovarian cancer)

Diagnostic biomarkers

Ovarian and endometrial cancer

qRT-PCR and high-throughput sequencing (RNA-seq)

NCT03776630

let-7a and miR-124

Diagnostic biomarkers

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and acute leukemia

Real-time PCR

NCT05477667

miR panel

Screening tools

Lung cancer

Custom-made microfluidic card

NCT02247453

Signature of the miRs

Diagnostic biomarkers

Thyroid cancer

NGS

NCT04285476

miR-421, miR-27a-3p

Screening tools

Colorectal cancer

qRT-PCR

NCT05346757

miR-194

Diagnostic biomarker

Prostate cancer

Not provided

NCT04835454

miR panel

Screening tools

42 tumor types

Microarray

miRview® mets

(Available)

miR-29, miR-155, miR-138, and miR-204, miR-139, miR-31, miR-375, miR-146, miR-551, miR-221, and miR-22

Screening tools

Thyroid and pancreatic cancer

NGS

ThyraMIR®v2

(Available)