Chemo shot straight into tumor could cut side effects
NCT ID NCT07495098
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-stage trial tests injecting the chemotherapy drug cisplatin directly into lung tumors using a thin tube with a camera. The goal is to see if this approach is safe and can kill more cancer cells while causing fewer side effects than standard IV chemo. The study will enroll 12 adults with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cisplatin
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a less toxic way to deliver chemotherapy directly into lung tumors, potentially improving treatment outcomes with fewer side effects.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 trial with only 12 participants, so safety and dosing are still being tested. It may not work as hoped, and there are risks from the procedure itself, such as bleeding or infection.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 12 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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Jun 2031
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.
- 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.
2.5.1 Inclusion criteria * Age 18 years or above * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score 0-2 * Have known or suspected metastatic NSCLC at time of enrollment (including patients who progress on initial therapy or are found to have metastatic disease during therapy and are not excluded * Patient is able and willing to provide informed consent. * Rapid on-site cytopathologic examination (ROSE) performed during the procedure (if not previously diagnosed) and returns likely NSCLC. No injection will be performed if ROSE is non-diagnostic. * A CT scan of the chest (with or without contrast) within the prior 3 months. * The presence of an EBUS accessible target site determined by a treating investigator. These may be primary lung cancers or metastatic sites (including when a lymph node station has been replaced by metastatic tumor), that are accessible by EBUS. * MDC agreement of likely Stage IV NSCLC (confirmation from at minimum a Medical Oncologist and Radiation Oncologist on clinical stage). * Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function as defined below: * Leukocytes ≥3,000/mcL * Platelets ≥100,000/mcL * Total bilirubin ≤ institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) * AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ institutional ULN * Creatinine ≤ institutional ULN 2.5.2 Exclusion criteria * Use of an investigational agent in prior 30 days * Pregnancy/lactation (pregnancy test to be performed by pre-op as part of standard of care for women of child-bearing age as defined by UVMMC Policy NPREP16) * Treatment with intravenous cytotoxic chemotherapy within the past 14 days * Allergy to cisplatin or its derivatives * Allergy to iodinated contrast * Patient not appropriate for the research study based on physician discretion
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