Massive canadian study tracks lung cancer care and costs
NCT ID NCT07143110
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study will review health records of 60,000 adults with lung cancer in Alberta and Ontario to understand current treatments, survival rates, and healthcare costs. It aims to describe real-world patterns rather than test a new treatment. No direct benefit to participants, but results may improve future care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 60,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Study population will comprise patients with lung cancer diagnosed after January 1, 2018 in the administrative databases for Alberta and Ontario.
- Ages
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18 to 130 years
- 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: * Patients with lung cancer between January 1, 2018 and end of the Selection Period. * Patient is 18 years of age or older on diagnosis date. * Patient has at least 12 months of health insurance coverage prior to the diagnosis date. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with any other cancer in the 5-year period prior to January 1, 2018. * Diagnosed with any other cancer concurrently (i.e., on the same date) as lung cancer diagnosis. * Invalid or incomplete records for key variables (e.g., missing year of diagnosis, missing cancer type). * Non-Ontario or non-Alberta resident on diagnosis date.
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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
2 sites. 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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Research Site
RECRUITINGCalgary, Alberta, T2N1N4, Canada
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Research Site
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5T3M6, Canada
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