Lung cancer immune markers under the microscope
NCT ID NCT07150598
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This observational study aims to understand how the immune system and tumor markers relate to treatment response in 500 people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Participants will provide tumor samples before and during immunochemotherapy. The study does not test any new drug or treatment.
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 help doctors better predict which lung cancer treatments work best for individual patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not lead to immediate changes in patient care, and results may not apply to all lung cancer patients.
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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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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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
Participants will be adult patients (≥18 years) with histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are initiating or receiving standard-of-care immunochemotherapy. Eligible participants must be able to provide tumor biopsy material at predefined time points (baseline, 6 weeks after treatment start, and/or at progression or therapy line change). Both male and female patients will be included.
- 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: For all: * Written informed consent of the patient * Consent of participation in the national Network for Genomic Medicine in Lung Cancer (nNGM) * Advanced lung cancer with non-curative treatment option (NSCLC) * No targetable driver mutation detected, defined as no targetable drive mutation in ALK, EGFR, BRAF, HER2, MET, NTRK, RET, ROS1 * PD-L1 expression on tumor cells (TPS \< 50%) Cohort A: * Previously untreated NSCLC without curative treatment options * Sufficient pre-treatment tumor material available for the planned analyses or consenting and able to undergo additional pretreatment biopsy * Scheduled to undergo immune(chemo)therapy * Willing and able to undergo re-biopsy 6 weeks after start of immune(chemo)therapy Cohort B: * Any line of progression after firstline immune(chemo)therapy * Sufficient tumor material obtained after progression on most recent line of treatment available or willing and able to undergo re-biopsy prior to next line treatment Exclusion Criteria: * Any condition representing an unjustified risk for obtaining an additional biopsy sample (if needed) in the view of the investigator * Incapability of understanding the purpose and possible consequences of the trial * Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the subject's cooperation with the requirements of the trial or evaluation of the study results
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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
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus
Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Köln, Centrum für Integrierte Onkologie (CIO) Köln
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 50937, Germany
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