Blood test could spot lung transplant trouble early
NCT ID NCT06679257
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new blood test to quickly identify damage or infection in lung transplant patients. Researchers will take blood samples at regular times and when problems occur, then compare the results to standard tests. The goal is to make diagnosis faster and easier, which could help patients live longer after a lung transplant.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cell-free DNA blood test
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this blood test could help doctors quickly identify lung transplant damage or infection, potentially improving survival and reducing the need for invasive biopsies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study with 146 participants. The test may not be accurate enough to replace current methods, and results may not apply to all transplant patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 146 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Newly lung transplanted patients within scandinavia
- 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: * Luing Transplanted and followed up within the reach of the study paricipating centres. A good understanding to read and write within the languages in which the consent is provided. Exclusion Criteria: * Not Lung Transplanted or not followed up within the reach of the study paricipating centres. No good understanding to read and write within the languages in which the consent is provided.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sahlgrenska University hospital
RECRUITINGGothenburg, Västra Götaland County, 413 45, Sweden
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