Scientists probe how lung cancer outsmarts key drugs
NCT ID NCT04222335
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at why lung cancer cells stop responding to a class of drugs called EGFR inhibitors. Researchers will collect blood samples from 80 patients over time to track changes in tumor DNA and cells. The goal is to understand the early steps of drug resistance and find ways to prevent relapse.
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 research could point toward new treatments that prevent or overcome drug resistance in lung cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not directly lead to new therapies, and results may not apply to all patients.
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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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47 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2021
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- 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: * Patient with non operable and / or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer documented histologically. * Pathological diagnosis of NSCLC carrying an EGFR activating mutation associated with sensitivity to the tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) (exons 18, 19 and 21). * Sufficient tissue sample quantity and quality for translational research * Naïve TKI-treated EGFR patient who can receive first-line treatment with Osimertinib or second-line after chemotherapy Exclusion Criteria: * Any patient with an exon 20 EGFR mutation. * Any disease or pathology that recommend not to perform blood samples collection * Any psychological, family, geographical or social condition that could potentially, according to the investigator's judgment, prevent the collection of informed consent or interfere with compliance with the study protocol * Patient with a resistance mutation of EGFR * Patient under State Medical Assistance * Patient deprived of liberty on administrative or judicial decision, or patient under guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Toulouse University Hospital
Toulouse, Occitanie, 31300, France
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