Systematic investigation of a possible occupational cause of lung cancer in two patient collectives at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00036245

Enrollment

550

Registered

2025-02-28

Start date

2025-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

lung cancer C34

Interventions

Group 1: Oncology patients for whom the first diagnosis of lung cancer is documented at the Tumor Center at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen between October 2025 and September 2027 (estimated at approx.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with lung cancer Consent and willingness to participate

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Target values - Number and proportion (%) of lung cancer cases in which there is reasonable suspicion of an occupational disease - Type and proportion (%) of suspected triggering occupational noxious agents - Type and proportion (%) of relevant exposure in the patient's private sphere - Type and proportion (%) of occupational disease numbers according to the Ordinance on Occupational Diseases - Absolute and relative frequency and comparison of molecular pathological and other clinical markers in the overall collective and in the subgroups according to individual occupational disease numbers or between the sub-collectives with and without suspected occupational causation of the disease	—

Measure

Time frame

Target values - Number and proportion (%) of lung cancer cases in which there is reasonable suspicion of an occupational disease - Type and proportion (%) of suspected triggering occupational noxious agents - Type and proportion (%) of relevant exposure in the patient's private sphere - Type and proportion (%) of occupational disease numbers according to the Ordinance on Occupational Diseases - Absolute and relative frequency and comparison of molecular pathological and other clinical markers in the overall collective and in the subgroups according to individual occupational disease numbers or between the sub-collectives with and without suspected occupational causation of the disease

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnna Wolfschmidt-Fietkau

IPASUM FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

anna.wolfschmidt@fau.de+4991318529221

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026