Scientists investigate immune cells in lung cancer
NCT ID NCT06244355
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at different types of neutrophils (a kind of immune cell) in the blood of people with lung cancer. Researchers want to see if certain neutrophil types are linked to tumor growth and resistance to immunotherapy. They will compare blood samples from 100 lung cancer patients, people with COPD, and healthy volunteers.
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 reveal new insights into how certain immune cells affect lung cancer progression and response to treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with no direct treatment, so it will not immediately benefit participants. Results may not lead to new therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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
Patients with metastatic lung cancer, without anterior treatment. Inclusion during a consultation or hospitalization by a pneumologist or oncologist in the thoracic oncology unit during care.
- 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 common to lung cancer and COPD patients : * Age ≥ 18 years, * male or female, * affiliated with a Health Insurance, Inclusion Criteria for lung cancer patients : \- Diagnosis of metastatic stage lung cancer with mutation status, naïve treatment Inclusion Criteria for COPD patients : \- Diagnosis of COPD post-smoking Exclusion Criteria: * Tuberculosis or other acute or chronic bacterial infections * Chronic progressive viral infections (Hepatitis B and C, HIV) * Previous or ongoing chemotherapy * Impossibility of giving the subject informed information. * Opposition to the research. * Participation in another research study with an exclusion period still in progress at pre-inclusion (possible inclusion in an observational study) * Vulnerable individual (pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding woman), persons under guardianship or curatorship, or deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision) * Patients benefiting from the AME
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) - Cochin Hospital - Pneumology unit
RECRUITINGParis, Île-de-France Region, 75014, France
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