Heart-Lung watch: can blood tests predict cancer treatment side effects?
NCT ID NCT06410300
First seen Jul 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether regular heart and lung monitoring, along with blood samples, can predict side effects in people with lung cancer receiving radiation and immunotherapy. The goal is to find early warning signs of heart or lung damage before symptoms appear. The trial enrolls adults with locally advanced lung cancer who are scheduled for curative radiotherapy and immunotherapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- curative radiotherapy and immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitor)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors predict and prevent heart and lung side effects in lung cancer patients receiving radiation and immunotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early pilot study focused on finding markers, not testing a new treatment. The markers identified may not reliably predict side effects in larger groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 125 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2030
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
A total of 125 patients (MU: 25 patients, UR: 50 patients, Rutgers: 50 patients) who are 18 year of age or older, diagnosed with locally advanced lung cancer (defined as above) will be accrued in the study.
- 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: * Patient older than 18 years age * Diagnosis of locally advanced lung cancer (NSCLC or SCLC) with planned curative radiotherapy (45Gy and above) and planned consolidation immunotherapy. * Patients who are not receiving concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy are eligible. * Patients on a clinical trial that includes thoracic radiotherapy and immunotherapy are eligible and may be co-enrolled to this study. * ECOG performance status of 0-2 * Life expectancy of 6 months or longer * Patient able to provide a written informed consent prior to study entry Exclusion Criteria: * Prior thoracic radiotherapy to chest. * Patients are excluded if they are not candidates for curative thoracic radiotherapy or immunotherapy. * Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition that may increase the risk associated with study participation, and in the judgment of the investigator would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study.
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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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. 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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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
RECRUITINGNew Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
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University of Missouri - Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
RECRUITINGColumbia, Missouri, 65212, United States
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University of Rochester Medical Center
RECRUITINGRochester, New York, 14642, United States
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