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The Impact of Surgical Technique on Circulating Tumor DNA in Stage I-III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The Impact of Surgical Technique on Circulating Tumor DNA in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05502523
Enrollment
100
Registered
2022-08-16
Start date
2022-08-31
Completion date
2029-01-01
Last updated
2026-01-23

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Conditions

Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma, Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage II Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage I Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Brief summary

This clinical trial compares the effect of pulmonary vein-first surgical technique to pulmonary artery-first surgical technique in decreasing circulating tumor cell deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) in patients with stage I-III non-small cell lung cancer. Pulmonary vein first and pulmonary artery first surgical techniques are standard surgical techniques for the division of the blood vessels during lung resection surgery. Pulmonary vein-first surgical technique may reduce the risk of shedding tumor cells during surgery and influence long term overall survival.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To determine the association between sequence of surgical resection and postoperative ctDNA levels at specified time points. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: I. To determine the associated between sequence of surgical resection and postoperative ctDNA level and clinical oncologic outcomes. II. To assess disease-free survival and the role of circulating tumor DNA in disease recurrence in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP I: Patients undergo pulmonary vein first approach surgical procedure on day of surgery. GROUP II: Patients undergo pulmonary artery first approach surgical procedure on day of surgery. After completion of surgery, patients are followed up at day 1, day 7, days 7-28, 4 months, every 6 months for 2 years, then every 6 months for up to 5 years

Interventions

PROCEDUREPulmonary Artery-First Surgical Technique

Undergo pulmonary artery first surgical technique

PROCEDUREBiospecimen Collection

Correlative studies

Sponsors

Thomas Jefferson University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Any patients 18 years of age or older with confirmed or suspected early-stage (stage I-III) NSCLC * Eligible and scheduled for surgical anatomic lung resection (e.g. lobectomy or segmentectomy) as routine clinical care for their disease

Exclusion criteria

* Previous cancer diagnosis within 5 years (except ductal carcinoma in situ \[DCIS\] of the breast, superficial bladder cancer, non-melanoma skin primary, other malignancy that does not require treatment). * Preoperative chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiation therapy * Receipt of perioperative blood transfusion

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) statusAt postoperative day 2Stratified by surgical vascular division technique. A peripheral blood sample will be taken at the time of surgery to determine baseline ctDNA status. Following surgical resection a blood sample will be taken at specified time points (postoperative day 2; postoperative day 14) to determine ctDNA levels compared to baseline. The difference in the proportion of patients who have positive ctDNA status between those undergoing division/ligation in a "pulmonary-vein first" technique compared to a "pulmonary-artery first" technique will be estimated. The risk difference will be estimated along with a 95% confidence interval.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Disease free survival rateUp to 5 yearsThe distribution of survival outcomes will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method, stratified by ctDNA status at 2 days and 2 weeks. Key statistics (median survival, 1- and 2-year survival) will be estimated from the curve along with 95% confidence intervals. We will also use a Cox proportional hazard regression model, stratified by stage in the analyses, to estimate the hazard ratio along with a 95% confidence interval.
Overall survival rateUp to 5 yearsThe distribution of survival outcomes will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method, stratified by ctDNA status at 2 days and 2 weeks. Key statistics (median survival, 1- and 2-year survival) will be estimated from the curve along with 95% confidence intervals. We will also use a Cox proportional hazard regression model, stratified by stage in the analyses, to estimate the hazard ratio along with a 95% confidence interval.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTTyler Grenda, MD
Tyler.grenda@jefferson.edu215-955-5562
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORTyler Grenda, MD

TJU

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026