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New study seeks to reduce risks of second radiation for lung cancer
NCT ID NCT06950073
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This observational study tracks 500 lung cancer patients receiving a second round of high-dose radiation to the chest. Researchers will collect data on side effects and survival to find safer ways to deliver repeat radiation. The goal is to help doctors personalize treatment and reduce severe toxicity.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could provide the data needed to make reirradiation safer for lung cancer patients with recurrent tumors.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It collects data but does not test a new therapy, so direct patient benefit is not guaranteed.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2035
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Recurrent or new LC, or solitary oligo lung metastases. We plan for 500 patients in 3-4 years. Annually, approximately 100-150 patients are expected from the seven Danish RT centres based on a recent comprehensive national audit of RT retreatment numbers and sites.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Radiotherapy of thoracic lesion(s) (loco-regional lung cancer recurrence, new primary lung cancer, or solitary oligo metastasis) with the aim of long-term local control. * Reirradiation type 1 or type 2, i.e. previous radiotherapy to the thorax as per ESTRO-EORTC consensus definition of reirradiation \[Andratschke 2022\]. For the sake of this study, multiple treatments to the lungs will be classified as type 2 reirradiation. * Verification of malignancy based on biopsy. If no biopsy is available, the decision of reirradiation should be agreed upon in a multidisciplinary conference. * Available digital dose plan(s) from former radiotherapy course(s) (DICOM files) - note that multiple re-treatments are allowed. * Adequate lung function to tolerate treatment, at the discretion of the treating physician. * Ability to complete a radiotherapy course with the aim of local control. * ECOG Performance status 0-2. * Estimated life expectancy ≥ 6 months * Age ≥18 years * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled other malignancy. * The primary and the reirradiation treatment may not be quasi-simultaneous (i.e. the two treatments should be planned independently) * Pregnancy * Radiotherapy to a minimum CTV mean dose of 45 Gy for SCLC and 50 Gy for NSCLC and oligometastatic lesions. Treatment schedule according to local protocols and treating physician preference.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aarhus University Hospital
RECRUITINGAarhus, Jutland, 8200, Denmark
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