Active clinical trials for "Lung Neoplasms"

In this monocentric randomized controlled trial, 120 potential non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients for which tissue diagnosis and material for next generation sequencing (NGS) is required for clinical management will be approached the day of their endobronchial ultrasound to participate in the study. They will be randomized to 2 vs 3 passes/lymph node and will all undergo liquid biopsy. The co-primary outcomes are 1)the rate of obtention of adequate material for NGS testing with 2 vs 3 passes/lymph node and 2)the percentage of patients for which liquid biopsy allows to identify clinically pertinent findings not available from tissue biopsy

The aim of the study is to determine whether the use of the CEST sequence would have diagnostic performance equivalent to the reference method of T2* infusion with contrast injection in the diagnosis of radionecrosis of lung cancer brain metastases.

LUCENT is an observational study focused on malignant pulmonary and tracheo-bronchial disease. It involves a large proportion of reference Italian thoracic surgery centers. The relevance of the study is related to the epidemiology of lung cancer in the world - also known as "Big Killer" - and the high mortality rates both in males and females. The aim of his prospective study is to collect a large bulk of postoperative patients' outcome data and to produce up-to-date descriptive statistics of patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer. These results will be pivotal to compare the clinical results of all the relevant specialities involved in the care of lung cancer such as medical oncologists and radiation oncologists.

Patients with newly diagnosed stage IV non-oncogene addicted NSCLC, who are fit for systemic treatment and don't have any symptoms of brain disease will undergo an MRI of the brain to screen for brain disease.

This is a prospective non-randomised Phase I/II study with patients recruited to escalated dose cohorts. Escalated dose to the iGTV (internal gross tumour volume), with 60 Gy to the conventional PTV (planning target volume), will be delivered to successive cohorts of participants (6-12 participants/cohort) until the maximum tolerated oesophageal dose is determined. The minimum dose will be 60 Gy delivered via intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) or volume modulated arc therapy (VMAT), planned on an Average Intensity Projection (AVIP) dataset. Standard of care chemotherapy. There will be two treatment arms; one with patients who are planned to receive neo-adjuvant or no chemotherapy, and the other with patients who are planned to receive concurrent chemotherapy.

Patient with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) that might have a genetic change (mutation) in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) are invited to take part in this study. This research study is evaluating a new blood test that is capable of detecting an EGFR mutation in cancer without a biopsy.

This study will help researchers learn about the best dose of radiation to be used when treating large early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a treatment called stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR). Current treatments with SABR for early stage NSCLC show positive response. But, for large early stage NSCLC it may be better to give different SABR doses than what is used in routine early stage NSCLC treatment. It is not understood which dose is best for treating large early stage NSCLC. Therefore, this study can help researchers learn if giving a higher dose using SABR over a period of 5-10 treatment days can increase the chance of cure for large early stage NSCLC.

The purpose of this study is to examine the valu of individually dose escalated radiotherapy compared with a standard dose of radiotherapy combined with standard concomitant chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced non small cell lung cancer (stage III) with good performance status.

Study to assess the toxicity, pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and imaging characteristics associated with increasing doses of 131I-BIBH 1, to compare the uptake of 131I-BIBH 1 in tumour to that of normal tissue in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and to measure human anti-human antibody (HAHA) concentrations.

This single arm study will assess the feasibility of using Avastin plus platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin-gemcitabine or carboplatin-paclitaxel) in patients with advanced or recurrent squamous non-small cell lung cancer who have not received prior chemotherapy. Patients will receive preventive radiation, followed by one cycle of chemotherapy alone and 5 cycles of chemotherapy in combination with Avastin (15mg/kg iv on day 1 of each 3 weekly cycle), followed by Avastin alone for a maximum total treatment period with Avastin of 12 months. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months, and the target sample size is <100 individuals.