New MRI-Guided radiation shows promise for lung cancer treatment
NCT ID NCT05237453
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early study tests whether using real-time MRI to guide radiation therapy is possible for people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The goal is to see if this personalized approach can reduce side effects and better control tumors. About 30 adults with stage III lung cancer will take part.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
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
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- 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: * Histologically-proven non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) * Stage III A - C according to the 8th edition of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) TNM classification * Indication for definitive thoracic chemoradiotherapy * Age ≥ 18 years * ECOG 0 - 2 * Adequate pulmonary function for chemoradiotherapy confirmed by a current pulmonary function test (≤ 6 weeks from treatment start) * Ability to lie still on the MR-linac table for at least one hour * Ability to hold one's breath for at least 20 seconds * Successful completion of an MR-guided treatment simulation * For women with childbearing potential: adequate contraception * Ability of the patient to understand character and individual consequences of the clinical trial * Written informed consent (must be available before enrolment in the trial) Exclusion Criteria: * Involvement of supraclavicular lymph nodes (supraclavicular N3) * Additional pulmonary lesions (T3 - 4 due to additional lesion in the same or another lobe) * Previous radiotherapy of the lung and mediastinum, if previous and current target volumes overlap * Patients who have not yet recovered from acute toxicities of prior therapies * Contraindications against performing MRI scans (e.g. pacemakers or other implants making MRI impossible) * Pregnant or lactating women * Participation in another competing clinical study or observation period of competing trials * Refusal of the patients to take part in the study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München
Münich, Bavaria, 81377, Germany
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University Hospital of Heidelberg, Radiation Oncology
Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 72076, Germany
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