Fiber fuel: could a High-Fiber diet supercharge lung cancer treatment?
NCT ID NCT07483112
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether eating a high-fiber diet can help immunotherapy work better for people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Participants are randomly assigned to either follow a high-fiber diet or eat normally for 6 weeks. The goal is to see if the diet helps clear cancer DNA from the blood and improves treatment response by changing gut bacteria and the immune system.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 42 people
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- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * Written informed consent according to Swiss law and ICH/GCP regulations before inclusion and prior to any trial-specific procedures * Histologically or cytologically confirmed NSCLC * Advanced or recurrent NSCLC not amenable to curative treatment * PD-L1 expression ≥50% (TPS) determined by an approved IHC test * No actionable genetic alterations in genes such as EGFR, ALK, ROS1, HER2, BRAF, RET, MET, NTRK * First-line palliative PD-1/PD-L1-targeted monotherapy at a 3-weekly schedule indicated per local investigator * Willingness and ability to undergo study interventions * ECOG performance status 0-2 * Adequate organ function: * Hemoglobin ≥70 g/L, platelet count ≥50 G/L, granulocytes ≥1 G/L * Bilirubin, ALT, AST ≤3 x ULN * Glomerular filtration rate (Cockroft-Gault) ≥30 mL/min/1.73m² * Measurable or evaluable disease per RECIST 1.1 * Patients with CNS metastases are eligible, provided there is no requirement for corticosteroids as therapy for CNS disease and no evidence of clinical progression * Women with child-bearing potential use effective contraception (two independent methods), are not currently pregnant or lactating, and agree to not become pregnant during the trial treatment and during 3 months thereafter. A negative pregnancy test in either urine or blood is required for women with child-bearing potential before trial inclusion. * Men who are not sterile agree to use contraceptive methods (condoms) or abstain from sexual intercourse during the trial treatment and 3 months thereafter. Exclusion Criteria: -History of malignancy, unless in remission for at least 3 years before inclusion with the exception of pT1-2 prostate cancer Gleason score \<6, adequately treated cervical carcinoma in situ or localized non-melanoma skin cancer Adjuvant or additive systemic ICB treatment within 6 months prior to inclusion * Systemic treatment with an antibiotic within 10 days of ICB treatment/HFD intervention start * Concomitant immunosuppressive drugs including corticosteroids at a daily dose of ≥10mg prednisone equivalents, methotrexate, azathioprine, TNF-α inhibitors * Concurrent treatment with other experimental drugs or other anticancer therapy * Major surgical procedures within 14 days prior to inclusion as judged by the investigator * Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic immunosuppressive treatment that is seen as contraindication for the use of PD-1/PD-L1-targeted monoclonal antibodies * Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus * Severe or uncontrolled cardiovascular disease * Any other serious underlying medical, psychiatric, psychological, familial or geographical condition, which in the judgment of the investigator may interfere with the planned staging, treatment and follow-up, affect patient compliance or place the patient at high risk from treatment-related complications * Had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant * Ongoing supplementation with OptiFibre® or another fiber supplement
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen
RECRUITINGSankt Gallen, 9007, Switzerland
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Kantonsspital Graubünden
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChur, 7000, Switzerland
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Kantonsspital Winterthur
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWinterthur, 8401, Switzerland
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Universitätsspital Basel
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBasel, 4031, Switzerland
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