Blood tests could predict lung cancer return
NCT ID NCT05236114
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is collecting blood samples and health information from 1200 people with non-small cell lung cancer. Researchers want to understand how the cancer changes over time and whether simple blood tests can predict if the cancer will come back. Participants continue their normal treatment and provide blood samples during regular checkups.
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 could lead to better ways to predict lung cancer recurrence and treatment outcomes using simple blood tests.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly help participants. The findings may not apply to all lung cancer patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,200 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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Jun 2029
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
This protocol targets patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
- 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.
For Cohort 1 Inclusion, the participant has/is: * A known or suspected NSCLC treated with curative intent -(surgery with or without perioperative (neoadjuvant or adjuvant) therapy). * Suspected NSCLC - Patients with a high index of suspicion for the diagnosis of NSCLC that is resectable may sign informed consent prior to undergoing diagnostic procedure at the discretion of the physician. NCCN Guidelines allow for clinical stage IA cancers to proceed directly to definitive surgery. Per NCCN Guidelines, if a preoperative tissue diagnosis has not been obtained, then an intraoperative diagnosis will be obtained. If a diagnosis of NSCLC is not confirmed and/or the tumor is not resectable, then the patient will be a screen failure. * Undergone or planning to undergo a surgical resection - (Patients with stages I-IIIB who are resectable - per NCCN guidelines of resectability) * Both patients who lack molecular abnormalities and those with identified molecular abnormalities may enroll. Choice of perioperative therapy is to follow SOC therapeutic guidelines for the participant's molecular and PD-L1 profile. * 18 years old or older * Willing and able to provide informed consent * Willing to have additional blood samples collected during routine surveillance visits * Must submit tumor sample representative of current disease For Cohort 1 Exclusion, the participant has/is: * Patients with superior sulcus tumors who are candidates for preoperative concurrent chemoradiation. * Stage III locally advanced and unresectable patients who are candidates for chemoradiation followed by immunotherapy. * It is expected that all patients on the cohort will be treated with a definitive surgical resection. Thus, clinical stage IIIB and IIIC patients who subsequently demonstrate pathologically confirmed N3 nodal disease or T4 N2 or 3 per any confirmatory procedure listed in NCCN guidelines for which definitive chemoradiotherapy rather than surgery is recommended per NCCN Guidelines are not eligible. * Patients who receive primary radiation (in lieu of surgery if they are not surgical candidates). For Cohort 2 Inclusion, the participant has/is: * Histologically documented Stage IV NSCLC (de novo metastatic or relapse setting) not amenable to curative surgery or radiation therapy. Palliative radiation (for instance for impending bony fracture or to control pain) is allowed at any time during the protocol at the physician's discretion. * Intended to receive first line immunotherapy (as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy). Patients who have had previous exposure to immunotherapy in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting are allowed to enroll as long as 12 months have elapsed since the prior exposure. * Patients in surveillance on Cohort 1 are eligible to roll over to Cohort 2 at the time of recurrence as long as they have had histologic confirmation of recurrence and have been off immunotherapy for 12 months or greater and meet all other inclusion/exclusion criteria. * Tumors that lack activating EGFR mutations (e.g., exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R, exon 21 L861Q, exon 18 G719X, or exon 20 S768I mutation) and ALK fusions. Also, per NCCN Guideline recommended testing, tumors must also lack ROS1, BRAF, NTRK 1/2/3, METex14 skipping mutations, and RET for which there is available front-line targeted therapy. Only those patients with KRAS G12C mutations and ERBB2 (HER2) mutations with no contraindications to immunotherapy (PD-L1 1) for which there are no approved front-line targeted therapies and for whom immunotherapy would be the preferred front-line therapy are eligible. * Patients may be enrolled with local molecular testing and those results will be provided. * Patients may be enrolled with local molecular testing and those results will be provided. * 18 years and older * Willing and able to provide informed consent * Willing to have additional blood samples collected during routine surveillance visits * Must submit tumor sample representative of current disease Exclusion Criteria (both Cohorts): * Patients without a known or suspected NSCLC diagnosis, or other disease processes such as sarcoidosis, lymphoma, or metastatic cancer from other sites. * Not willing to have additional blood samples collected * Patients with a secondary malignancy must have been both diagnosed \> 2 years from the lung cancer of interest and have completed all therapy for that malignancy (including extended adjuvant therapy) \> 2 years prior to diagnosis of the lung cancer of interest with the exception of the following: * Patients with superficial basal cell carcinoma of low-risk histology per NCCN Guidelines (Low-risk histologic subtypes include nodular, superficial, and other non-aggressive growth patterns such as keratotic, infundibulocystic, and fibroepithelioma of Pinkus) and low-risk for recurrence per NCCN Guidelines (location on trunk or extremities, size \< 2 cm, primary (not recurrent), with well-defined borders) can be included even if they are diagnosed \< 2 years from the lung cancer of interest. * Patients with superficial squamous cell carcinoma of low-risk pathology per NCCN Guidelines (verrucous, keratoacanthomatous) and low-risk for recurrence per NCCN Guidelines (located on trunk or extremities; 2 cm in size; primary lesion (vs. recurrent); well to moderately differentiated; \< 2 mm thick and no invasion beyond subcutaneous fat; negative for perineural invasion; and negative for lymphatic or vascular involvement) can be included even if they are diagnosed \< 2 years from the lung cancer of interest.
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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
56 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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Alabama Oncology
RECRUITINGBirmingham, Alabama, 35223, United States
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Aultman Hospital
RECRUITINGCanton, Ohio, 44710, United States
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Baptist Cancer Center
RECRUITINGMemphis, Tennessee, 38120, United States
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Cancer Care Associates of York
RECRUITINGYork, Pennsylvania, 17403, United States
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Cancer Care Northwest
RECRUITINGSpokane Valley, Washington, 99216, United States
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Cancer Care Specialists Reno
RECRUITINGReno, Nevada, 89511, United States
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Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois
RECRUITINGDecatur, Illinois, 62526, United States
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Cancer and Blood Specialty Clinic
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLos Alamitos, California, 90720, United States
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Cayuga Medical Center
RECRUITINGIthaca, New York, 14850, United States
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Clermont Oncology Center
RECRUITINGClermont, Florida, 34711, United States
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Community Health Network
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46250, United States
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Duke University
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Eastern CT and Hematology and Oncology Associates
RECRUITINGNorwich, Connecticut, 06360, United States
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Frederick Health Regional System
RECRUITINGFrederick, Maryland, 21702, United States
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Gundersen Health System
RECRUITINGLa Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601, United States
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Hawaii Cancer Care
RECRUITINGHonolulu, Hawaii, 96813, United States
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Hematology Oncology Associates of Central New York
RECRUITINGEast Syracuse, New York, 13057, United States
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Hightower Clinical
RECRUITINGOklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73102, United States
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Hope Cancer Care of Nevada
RECRUITINGLas Vegas, Nevada, 89103, United States
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Hope and Healing Cancer Services
RECRUITINGHinsdale, Illinois, 60521, United States
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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Johns Hopkins University
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Lake Regional Health System
RECRUITINGOsage Beach, Missouri, 65065, United States
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MemorialCare
RECRUITINGFountain Valley, California, 92708, United States
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Mercy Clinic Cancer and Hematology - Chub O'Reilly Cancer Center
RECRUITINGSpringfield, Missouri, 65804, United States
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Mercy Clinic Oncology - Fort Smith
RECRUITINGFort Smith, Arkansas, 72903, United States
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Mercy Clinic Oncology and Hematology - Coletta
RECRUITINGOklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73120, United States
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Mercy Clinic Oncology and Hematology - David C. Pratt Cancer Center
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States
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Mercy Clinic Oncology and Hematology - Joplin
RECRUITINGJoplin, Missouri, 64804, United States
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Mercy Clinic Oncology and Hematology - Sindelar Cancer Center
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63128, United States
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Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM)
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30310, United States
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Nebraska Cancer Specialists
RECRUITINGOmaha, Nebraska, 68130, United States
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New Jersey Cancer Center
RECRUITINGBelleville, New Jersey, 07109, United States
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New York Oncology Hematology
RECRUITINGAlbany, New York, 12206, United States
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Northwestern University
RECRUITINGEvanston, Illinois, 60208, United States
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OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
RECRUITINGRockford, Illinois, 61108, United States
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Ohio State University
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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OhioHealth Reseach Institute
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43214, United States
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Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute
RECRUITINGTulsa, Oklahoma, 74146, United States
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Oncology Hematology Associates
RECRUITINGSpringfield, Missouri, 65807, United States
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OptumCare Cancer Care
RECRUITINGLas Vegas, Nevada, 89102, United States
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Oregon Oncology Specialists
RECRUITINGSalem, Oregon, 97301, United States
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PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center-Bellingham
RECRUITINGBellingham, Washington, 98225, United States
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Piedmont Healthcare
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30318, United States
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Southeastern Medical Oncology Center (SMOC)
RECRUITINGGoldsboro, North Carolina, 27534, United States
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Southern Illinois Hospital Services
RECRUITINGCarterville, Illinois, 62918, United States
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Taylor Cancer Research Center
RECRUITINGMaumee, Ohio, 43537, United States
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The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorder
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20817, United States
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The Medical University of South Carolina
RECRUITINGCharleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center
RECRUITINGAppleton, Wisconsin, 54911, United States
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TriHealth Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45220, United States
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UCLA
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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UNC
RECRUITINGChapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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University of Iowa
RECRUITINGIowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States
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University of Maryland
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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University of Virginia
RECRUITINGCharlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States
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White Plains Hospital
RECRUITINGWhite Plains, New York, 10601, United States
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Woodlands Medical Specialists
WITHDRAWNPensacola, Florida, 32503, United States
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