New study explores how lung nodule patients make tough treatment choices
NCT ID NCT07590596
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how adults with lung nodules that might be cancer make decisions about their care before a final diagnosis. Researchers will use questionnaires to measure patients' confidence, doubts, and satisfaction with their choices. The goal is to find out what factors help or hinder good decision-making, so doctors can better support patients in the future. No treatments or changes to care are involved.
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 doctors identify patients who need extra support when making decisions about lung nodule treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with no treatment given, so it cannot directly improve health outcomes. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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
The study population will include adult patients treated at Sichuan Cancer Hospital who have pulmonary nodules highly suspected of lung cancer before pathological confirmation and who are facing preoperative clinical decision-making. Eligible participants will be identified from thoracic surgery outpatient clinics and inpatient wards. Participants will receive routine clinical care, and study data will be collected using structured questionnaires during the preoperative period.
- 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: 1. Age 18 years or older. 2. Adult patients with pulmonary nodules that are highly suspected of malignancy based on clinical and radiological assessment. 3. No definite pathological diagnosis of lung cancer before enrollment. 4. Patients who are facing preoperative clinical decision-making with more than one reasonable management option, such as surgery, additional diagnostic evaluation, or follow-up. 5. Able to understand the study procedures and complete the study questionnaires. 6. Able and willing to provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients without a real clinical decision-making choice regarding the management of the pulmonary nodule. 2. Patients with severe cognitive impairment or a history of severe psychiatric disease that would interfere with valid questionnaire completion. 3. Patients who are unable to communicate effectively with the study staff. 4. Patients who decline to participate or are unable to provide written informed consent.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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