Active clinical trials for "Lung Neoplasms"

This pilot clinical trial studies cognitive behavioral therapy in treating anxiety in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer and their caregivers. Cognitive behavioral therapy may reduce anxiety and improve the well-being and quality of life of patients who have stage IV non-small cell lung cancer and their caregivers.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of ADC value of diffusion weighted MRI in comparison of conventional treatment assessment criteria in evaluation of chemotherapy. Moreover, the investigators aim to clarify the correlation of ADC value with histologic type and grade of lung cancer and survival of patients.

The purpose of this study is to observe the efficacy of chemotherapy combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine for elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, also to evaluate the adverse reaction and the reliability.

Prospective research to study the relationship between concentrations of metals/metalloids in blood, hair and lung tissue with the occurence of lung cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Lung cancer is the most common cancer type worldwide, with more than 1.1 million annual deaths. There are two types of the disease, namely non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), with the first accounting for 85% of the total number of cases. The 5-year survival across stages remains disappointingly low, around 10% in most countries, due to a high incidence of both loco-regional and distant failure [3]. However, during the last decade improved radiotherapy techniques allowed an increase of the radiation dose, while at the same time more effective chemo radiation schemes are being applied. These developments have lead to improved outcome in terms of survival. As the TNM staging system is highly inaccurate for the prediction of survival outcome for non-surgical patients, attempts have been made to develop a more accurate risk stratification for these patients [1,2]. A model based on clinical variables yielded an AUC of 0.74, which was encouraging, but also left room for improvement [2]. An extended model, which included clinical as well as biomarker variables, reached a higher AUC, but the limited number of patients included in this study made it impossible to draw definitive conclusions [1]. New prognostic parameters can be retrieved from several sources, which include anatomic, molecular and functional imaging, genomics, proteomics and clinical analysis of patients. The unlimited amount of information is expected to lead to more accurate predictions of individual treatment outcome [4]. The analysis of biomarkers, including proteins, is a fast developing, promising and challenging area of research. Biomarkers can measure or evaluate normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacological responses to a therapeutic intervention. Oncoproteins are produced by, or in response to tumor cells, and may be secreted in the circulation of patients. As tissue sampling is often not possible in lung cancer patients, blood sample collection by venepuncture offers an attractive alternative, which is safe and easy to implement. A number of studies described the prognostic and predictive value of blood biomarkers for NSCLC [5-7]. In this study we will investigate the prognostic value of blood biomarkers related to 1) hypoxia: Osteopontin (OPN), carbonic anhydrase IX (CA-9), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH); 2) inflammation - interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8, and C-reactive protein (CRP), and α-2-macroglobulin (α-2M); and 3) tumor load: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cytokeratin fragment (CYFRA 21-1). Dehing-Oberije C, Aerts H, Yu S, De Ruysscher D, Menheere P, Hilvo M, et al. Development and validation of a prognostic model using blood biomarker information for prediction of survival of non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with combined chemotherapy and radiation or radiotherapy alone (NCT00181519, NCT00573040, and NCT00572325). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Oct 1;81(2):360-368. Dehing-Oberije C, Yu S, De Ruysscher D, Meersschout S, Van Beek K, Lievens Y, et al. Development and external validation of prognostic model for 2-year survival of non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Jun 1;74(2):355-362. Travis WD, Brambilla E, Müller-Hermelink HK, Harris CC. World Health Organization Classification of Tumours: Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Lung, Pleura, Thymus and Heart. Paul Kleihues MD, Leslie H. Sobin MD, editors. Lyon, France: IARC Press, International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2004. Lambin P, Rios-Velazquez E, Leijenaar R, Carvalho S, van Stiphout RG, Granton P, et al. Radiomics: extracting more information from medical images using advanced feature analysis. Eur J Cancer. 2012 Mar;48(4):441-446. Donati V, Boldrini L, Dell'Omodarme M, Prati MC, Faviana P, Camacci T, et al. Osteopontin expression and prognostic significance in non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Sep 15;11(18):6459-6465. Muley T, Fetz TH, Dienemann H, Hoffmann H, Herth FJ, Meister M, et al. Tumor volume and tumor marker index based on CYFRA 21-1 and CEA are strong prognostic factors in operated early stage NSCLC. Lung Cancer. 2008 Jun;60(3):408-415. Pine SR, Mechanic LE, Enewold L, Chaturvedi AK, Katki HA, Zheng YL, et al. Increased levels of circulating interleukin 6, interleukin 8, C-reactive protein, and risk of lung cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Jul 20;103(14):1112-1122.

The purpose of our retrospective study is to describe which circumstances EGFR TKI is continued despite progression according to the usual Response Evaluation CrIteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) in patients with EGFR activating mutations and acquired resistance to EGFR TKI .We will collect their social and demographic data (age, sex), first Progression Free Survival ( PFS) - from start of EGFR TKI to 1st progression PFS 1- and - from first progression according to RECIST to second progression : PFS2- , Overall Survival (OS) - from diagnosis OS 1 and from first progression OS 2 -, mutational status. We will analyze more closely the mode of progression (site), the therapeutic approach at disease progression. We will define two subgroups: those for whom EGFR TKI was continued at least three months despite progression defined according to RECIST criteria, and those for whom a second-line treatment (chemotherapy without EGFR TKI) was chosen at disease progression. It will be individualized the subgroup of patients in whom it was continued TKI after progression.

The purpose of this study is to determine if the images of the primary lesions of lung cancer and any metastatic lesions seen from the investigational SPECT/CT 99mTC-EC-DG scans are the same as the PET/CT 18F-FDG scans.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of Inivata liquid biopsy analysis compared with standard tissue biopsy analysis for detection of genomic alterations in patients with advanced lung cancer.

The investigators will conduct nationally representative survey in chest physicians in Egypt in 2016-2017. Self-administered questionnaire will be used to assess the physicians' knowledge of lung cancer screening guidelines, beliefs about the effectiveness of screening tests, and ordering of screening chest radiography, low-dose spiral computed tomography, or sputum cytology in the past 12 months.

This study evaluates the feasibility of three-dimensional printed template in transthoracic pulmonary nodule biospy. Investigator planned to include 20 patients with lung nodule biopsy schedule to receive template-guided transthoracic needle aspiration.