Blood test may predict lung nodule danger
NCT ID NCT07647484
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will follow 200 adults who have had one lung nodule removed but still have other nodules in their lungs. Researchers will collect small blood samples during routine check-ups to study immune cells and virus-related markers. The goal is to see if certain immune patterns are linked to whether the remaining nodules stay stable or grow over time. No treatments or changes to standard care are involved.
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 could help doctors better predict which lung nodules may grow or become dangerous, improving follow-up care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly help participants and may not lead to any new tests or therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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
Adults who have undergone surgical resection of a primary pulmonary nodule and have residual multiple pulmonary nodules or require routine postoperative pulmonary nodule follow-up at participating centers. Participants will be identified from thoracic surgery clinics, inpatient services, and routine postoperative follow-up programs. Eligible participants will provide written informed consent and will be followed according to usual clinical care; research blood samples and study data will be collected at clinically scheduled visits when routine blood draws and follow-up data are available.
- 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: Age 18 years or older, any sex. Primary pulmonary nodule has been surgically resected, with residual multiple pulmonary nodules or a need for pulmonary nodule-related routine postoperative follow-up. Planned routine postoperative follow-up at a participating center and able to provide a research blood sample together with routine blood draw when clinically available. Able to understand the study and willing to provide written informed consent before research blood sample collection. Exclusion Criteria: Investigator judges that the participant is unsuitable for additional small-volume blood collection, such as severe anemia, obvious coagulation abnormality, recent severe bleeding, or high risk of severe vasovagal reaction. Acute severe infection, acute major organ dysfunction, or other condition that may substantially affect peripheral immune status and makes study participation unsuitable. Current strong immunosuppressive therapy that may substantially affect peripheral immune status and cannot be adequately recorded or adjusted for in analysis. Unable to complete informed consent or explicitly refuses use of research blood samples and related data for this study. Any other condition that, in the investigator's judgment, makes participation inappropriate.
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