New procedure traps chemo inside lung tumors to stop growth
NCT ID NCT05672108
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a procedure called chemoembolization for people with non-small cell lung cancer or lung tumors that have spread from other cancers. Doctors inject chemotherapy directly into the artery feeding the tumor and then block that artery with tiny beads. This traps the chemo inside the tumor and cuts off its blood supply, which may help control or stop tumor growth. The study will include about 30 adults whose tumors are growing despite other treatments.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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.
- 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: * Lung cancer or lung metastases, with lung, endobronchial, pleural, or mediastinal tumors that are progressing on systemic therapy (or the patient cannot tolerate systemic therapy), and that are not amenable to resection, thermal ablation, or ablative radiation therapy * Lung-dominant disease (majority of active tumor volume is in the chest) * At least 18 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status \> 2 * Oxygen saturation \< 92% on room air * Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) \< 60% * No measurable treatable disease, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 (for example, unable to measure tumor size on CT, or lung nodules are all \< 1 cm) * Life expectancy \< 6 months * Pulmonary hypertension (diagnosed or suspected on echocardiography, CT, magnetic resonance imaging \[MRI\], or direct pressure measurement) * Recent pulmonary embolism (within 3 months) * Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation * Active lung infection (pneumonia, empyema, or lung abscess requiring therapy within 1 month) * Symptomatic heart failure (American College of Cardiology \[ACC\]/American Heart Association \[AHA\] stage C or D) * Left bundle branch block (contraindication to pulmonary angiography) * Renal failure (estimated glomerular filtration rate \[eGFR\] \< 30 mL/min/1.73 m\^2) * Pregnancy or intent to become pregnant * Breast feeding * Altered mental status that would interfere with consent or follow-up * Platelets \< 50,000 (after transfusion, if needed) * International normalized ratio (INR) \> 2 (after transfusion, if needed) * Hemoglobin \< 7 (after transfusion, if needed) * Hyperthyroidism or history of hyperthyroidism, including subclinical hyperthyroidism (contraindication to lipiodol) * Planned radioactive iodine imaging or therapy (contraindication to lipiodol) * Allergy to lipiodol or mitomycin * Allergy to iodinated contrast that cannot be treated with steroid / diphenhydramine premedication * Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with evaluation of the investigational product, or that would affect subject safety
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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City of Hope Medical Center
RECRUITINGDuarte, California, 91010, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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