Shingles vaccine tested for lung cancer patients: could it boost survival?
NCT ID NCT07170059
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether the shingles vaccine can prevent shingles and improve survival in 500 lung cancer patients. Participants will either receive the vaccine or not, and researchers will track shingles cases and survival rates over time. The goal is to see if the vaccine offers extra protection for this vulnerable group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- herpes zoster vaccine
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that the shingles vaccine helps prevent shingles and may improve survival in people with lung cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so results may be less reliable. It is not yet recruiting, and the vaccine may not provide a clear benefit for this specific group.
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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.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2030
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
Lung cancer patients can receive or not receive the herpes zoster vaccine
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 1.Male or female patients \>=18 years of age; 2.Histological diagnosis of NSCLC, including both non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer, regardless of whether they are in the early, locally advanced stage or advanced stage, and regardless of whether they have received surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or other treatments; 3. Never received herpes zoster vaccine Exclusion Criteria: * Patients having other factors that preventing researchers from enrollment them.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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