Your feelings and blood work could predict cancer treatment outcomes
NCT ID NCT06629714
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study followed 196 people with advanced lung or stomach cancer who had not yet received treatment. Researchers wanted to see if emotional distress before starting immunotherapy, along with certain blood markers of inflammation and metabolism, could predict how long patients lived without their cancer getting worse. The goal was to find simple, non-invasive ways to better understand who might benefit most from immunotherapy.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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196 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- 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
Cohort 1 comprises patients diagnosed with treatment-naïve, advanced and inoperable Gastroesophageal Cancer (GEC), encompassing those with esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, and gastroesophageal junction cancer who are undergoing first-line ICI therapy. Cohort 2 consists of patients with treatment-naïve, advanced and inoperable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) receiving first-line ICI therapy.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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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Cohort 1 \& 2 Inclusion Criteria: * Meet the diagnostic criteria for cancer (including esophageal, gastric, GEJ or NSCLC) through clinical, pathological, and imaging examinations; * Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score should be equal to or greater than 80 points; * Unresectable locally advanced or metastatic; * Systematic treatments naive ( e. g., chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic drugs, targeted drugs, and immunotherapy); * Presence of at least one measurable lesion according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Advanced Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1); * Receiving PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors monotherapy or combination with chemotherapy; * Informed and agreed to participate in the study; * Required to complete the questionnaire independently or with assistance from others if needed; * Legal age, 18 years or older. Exclusion Criteria: * Oncogene-driver positive; * Combined with other malignant tumors in the past 3 years; * Concurrent acute or chronic psychiatric disorders; * Current receiving anti-depressive or anti-anxiety therapy or other psychotropic drugs; * Previous treatment with other clinical drug trials; * Patients with symptomatic brain metastasis; * Severe intellectual disabilities or other communication difficulties that hindered normal interaction.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
Hefei, Anhui, China
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