Can a simple ultrasound predict immunotherapy success?
NCT ID NCT05206942
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study explores whether special ultrasound techniques can detect early signs that cancer immunotherapy is working. Researchers will scan tumors in 30 adults with solid tumors before and after three weeks of treatment. The goal is to see if changes in blood flow measured by ultrasound can predict which patients will respond, potentially offering a faster, safer alternative to waiting for standard scans.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Doppler ultrasound, Long Ensemble Angular-coherence Doppler ultrasound, Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) with Lumason contrast agent
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a non-invasive way to quickly tell if immunotherapy is working, helping doctors adjust treatment sooner.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (30 participants) that is currently suspended. The ultrasound methods may not reliably predict response, and results may not apply to all tumor types.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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Mar 2022
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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: * 18 years of age or older * at least one solid tumor lesion greater than 1 cm in diameter (primary tumor and/or at metastatic site), amenable to ultrasound imaging * planned to be treated with ICI therapy (single agent or in combination with any other drug) * written informed consent. * prior use of any ICI is not necessarily excluded, and patients may be included with the approval of the Protocol Director Subjects may participate in the study more than once at the discretion of the Protocol Director, for example, if they receive different lines of treatment that all qualify for the study. Exclusion Criteria: * known hypersensitivity to sulfur hexafluoride lipid microsphere or its components, such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) * any comorbid condition that, in the opinion of the treating provider or the Protocol Directors, compromises the participant's ability to participate in the study * Examples: any mental condition that compromises the ability to follow a consent discussion, or to make informed decisions (except if represented by a Legally Authorized Representative \[LAR\]), or to have ultrasound exams.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Stanford
Palo Alto, California, 94305, United States
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