Active clinical trials for "Lung Neoplasms"

This pilot trial studies patient function/fitness and psychosocial health in improving health-related quality of life and decreasing treatment-related toxicity in patients with stage I-IV non-small cell lung cancer. Studying function/fitness and psychosocial health may help doctors improve conventional therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

The purpose of this study is to learn about discussion between clinicians and their patients related to lung screening. Survey answers will be collected from both clinicians and their patients.

The main aim of this study is to examine the percentage of people with lung cancer who carry a certain gene mutation (epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertions - EGFR ex20ins) and their frequency in Chinese participants with Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after having been tested for the gene mutation. Data from the participant's electronic medical records at the hospital will be collected.

The goal of this clinical research study is to evaluate whether thermal imaging (recording body temperature) can be used to check the body's response to cancer therapy. Primary Objective: The primary objective of this study is to establish techniques and methodologies of quantifying thermal signatures and their changes for cancer patients undergoing chemoradiation therapy. Secondary Objective: The secondary objective is to evaluate correspondence between changes of thermal signature of a normal organ, e.g. lung or esophagus, versus the toxicity of that organ from chemoradiation therapy.

This research studies protein in tumor samples from patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Finding specific proteins in tumor tissue samples from patients with cancer may help doctors tell what type of lung cancer a patient has and plan better treatment.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of aspiration samples for mutational analysis in patients with a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Pleural effusion in lung cancer patients is one of the symptoms of metastatic disease that is inoperable and cannot be treated. Identification of cancer cells in the pleural effusion of lung cancer patients is a cytological test and serves as an initial diagnosis. These cells can then be used to prepare a cell block for staining and further tests. In some research despite clinical suspicions, the cytological diagnosis is negative, due to the specimen containing too few cells or damage to the cells whilst the specimen is processed. A new method of identifying rare cells in a fluid is by immunomagnetic separation. Using this method, an antigen binds to proteins in the cell wall that are unique to tumor cells. When the fluid is passed through a magnetic field, separation occurs of the cells with the magnetic tags from the remainder of the cells. The separated cells can then be stained or cultured. The currently approved method of immunomagnetic detection has been approved for clinical use in patients with breast cancer, cancer of the intestines and prostate cancer. An Israeli Biotech company has developed an advanced technology that allows identification of a larger number of cells without causing morphological damage to the cells. The purpose of the current study is to examine the technique of immunomagnetic separation in pleural effusion of lung cancer patients in comparison to the cytological tests. In the future it is hoped that a larger number of patient samples will be included and further characterization of the cells will be possible to be compared to the clinical and cytological characteristics.

This pilot research trial studies molecular signatures of the return of cancer after a period of improvement (relapse) in tissue samples from patients with small cell lung cancer who are receiving or planning to receive cisplatin and etoposide. Studying samples of tissue from patients with small cell lung cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about the changes that occur in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and identify biomarkers related to cancer relapse.

Evaluation of the anatomic extent of a primary lung cancer and presence of metastasis are essential for selection of an appropriate management strategy. Endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a reliable and established technique to evaluate involvement of mediastinal lymph nodes (LN); however, it is an invasive procedure and may not be tolerated in patients with severe underlying lung disease. One exception is the superficially located supraclavicular lymph nodes (SCLN), which can easily be biopsied with percutaneous US-guided-fine needle aspiration (US-FNA). Traditionally, this nodal group is evaluated by palpation; however, literature suggests that palpation itself fails to capture 66% of proven disease by cytology, which challenges the acceptance that non-palpable nodes are indicative of absent disease. Since all palpable SCLN are biopsied to rule out metastasis, we may potentially up-stage more patients using ultrasound evaluation for non-palpable nodes; and offer more appropriate management. Currently, the incidence for non-palpable SCLN metastasis has not been defined in this patient population presenting for EBUS-TBNA. The primary objective is to determine the incidence of supraclavicular lymph node metastasis by ultrasound evaluation in patients referred for EBUS-TBNA.

For this study the investigators are looking to do the following: To characterize human lung lesions by nonlinear microscopy using ex vivo tissues. To establish the first spectral/structural database for nonlinear optical microimaging of normal and abnormal lung tissue.