Lung cancer biobank aims to unlock secrets of treatment success
NCT ID NCT03387865
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is building a large collection of blood, tumor tissue, and fecal samples from 500 people with lung cancer. Researchers will track how patients respond to standard treatments and look for biological clues that predict success or failure. The goal is to better understand lung cancer and eventually improve treatment choices.
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 identify biological markers that predict which lung cancer treatments work best for individual patients, leading to more personalized care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational biobanking study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly benefit participants and may not yield actionable results for years, if at all.
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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.
- Started
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Mar 2019
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2032
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
This study includes patients taken in charge at UH Lille, department of pneumology and thoracic oncology (may be also treated at thoracic surgery department, in same hospital). The subjects have a lung cancer diagnosis (all stages are eligible) or a suspicion of lung cancer ; they are included before any treatment initiation.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Documented new diagnosis of lung cancer by histology or cytology, or lung tumor leading to lung cancer suspicion without diagnosis for which an antineoplastic treatment is indicated * Indication of a treatment by surgery, chemotherapy, radio-chemotherapy, radiotherapy or targeted therapy as first line of lung cancer treatment * ability of the subject to follow study procedures * Age \> 18 years * Subject must have at least one measurable and/or assessable lesion in regard with RECIST 1.1 criteria * Subject is registered with a social security scheme * Subject is taken in charge at Pneumology department of Lille UH * Subject has signed an informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with a history of treatment by antineoplastic chemotherapy, radio-chemotherapy, radiotherapy or targeted therapy, or presenting a contra indication to antineoplastic treatment administration * Subject is not willing to sign the informed consent form * Subject is not registered with a social security scheme * Subject is not francophone * Subject is deprived of his/her liberty or under trusteeship
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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
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Calmette, CHU
RECRUITINGLille, France
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