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Chest Lymph Node Sampling in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer to be Treated With Curative-intent Radiation Treatment

Endoscopic Nodal Staging in Oligometastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Being Treated With Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (ENDO-SABR)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04852588
Enrollment
29
Registered
2021-04-21
Start date
2021-11-09
Completion date
2025-05-31
Last updated
2025-03-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Keywords

Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy

Brief summary

This study will investigate the role of sampling suspicious chest lymph nodes with a procedure called endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial fine needle aspiration (EBUS-TFNA) or transesophageal ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in patients planned to receive radical dose radiation. This study will use Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) for treatment methods. SABR is a newer radiation treatment that delivers high-dose, precise radiation to small tumors and can be delivered more accurately than with older radiation treatment methods. It is considered a standard treatment for small lung cancers, and select cancers that have spread to the brain. The purpose of this study is to compare if the lymph node sampling procedure is valuable for determining the extend of nodal disease in metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) compared to imaging alone.

Interventions

PROCEDUREEndobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial fine needle aspiration (EBUS-TFNA)

Chest lymph node sampling procedure by EBUS

PROCEDURETransesophageal ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA)

Chest lymph node sampling procedure by EUS

Sponsors

Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario
CollaboratorOTHER
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including a primary lung tumour (± hilar/mediastinal adenopathy) with up to 5 synchronous metastases * Radical treatment intent to all sites is recommended at multi-disciplinary tumour board or by discussion by medical oncologist and radiation oncologist and/or surgeon. * Age 18 years or older * Good performance status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group \[ECOG 0-1) with life-expectancy of at least 6 months as determined by enrolling physician * Patient has undergone staging investigations less than 3 months prior to registration. 1. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) / Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) brain (CT brain with contrast if contraindication to MRI) OR 2. CT chest/abdomen, radionucleotide bone scan and MRI of brain (CT brain with contrast if contraindication to MRI) * Pathologic confirmation of NSCLC

Exclusion criteria

* Contraindication to Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) / Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) * Unable to provide consent for EBUS/EUS * Contraindication to chest radiotherapy * Pregnant or lactating women

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Changes to treatment intent and/or plan2 yearsNumber of patients whose treatment is changed from stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) to conventional dose radiation, change in mediastinal radiation field, change from curative intent to palliative intent treatment

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Determine the proportion of patients with occult mediastinal metastasis2 yearsPre-staging treatment planning anticipated lymph nodes to be treated compared to post staging lymph nodes to be treated
Determine the sensitivity and specificity of radiologic staging of hilar/mediastinal lymph nodes2 yearsNodal staging on imaging alone versus nodal staging after sampling
Identify the total number of lymph nodes sampled per procedure2 yearsRecord the total number of lymph nodes sampled
Identify the nodal stations sampled2 yearsRecord the nodal stations that were sampled
Determine the proportion of patients with complications of endoscopic procedure2 yearsNumber of participants with complications versus number without

Countries

Canada

Contacts

Primary ContactInderdeep Dhaliwal, MD
Inderdeep.Dhaliwal@lhsc.on.ca519-685-8500
Backup ContactDavid Palma, MD
David.Palma@lhsc.on.ca519-685-8650

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 12, 2026