New lung navigation system aims for precise nodule marking
NCT ID NCT07180823
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a new navigation system called LungVision to help doctors mark suspicious lung nodules before surgery. The system uses augmented fluoroscopy and ultrasound to guide a small marker to the nodule. The goal is to make marking easier and less invasive than current methods, allowing surgeons to remove the nodule completely while saving healthy lung tissue. The study will include 5 adults with partially solid lung nodules.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- LungVision navigation system (device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make lung nodule marking safer and more accurate, allowing surgeons to remove cancerous nodules with smaller incisions and preserve more healthy lung tissue.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early study with only 5 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The procedure still carries risks like lung collapse or bleeding.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 5 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2026
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: * Age ≥ 18 years; * Evidence of a partially solid peripheral pulmonary nodule with a solid component ≥ 6 mm or increasing in size, even if smaller, with a bronchus sign or adjacent bronchus on chest CT; * Obtaining the patient's informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or suspected pregnancy; * Contraindication to performing bronchoscopy under deep sedation, based on the anesthesiologist's assessment; * Patient not eligible for surgery due to high surgical risk, based on the anesthesiologist's assessment.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
RECRUITINGBologna, Bologna, 40138, Italy
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