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Cryodevitalization for the Treatment of Early Stage Lung Cancer, CRYSTAL Trial

The CRYSTAL Study: Cryodevitalization Study for the Treatment of Early-Stage Lung Cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06593106
Enrollment
30
Registered
2024-09-19
Start date
2024-09-27
Completion date
2026-08-31
Last updated
2026-02-02

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

Conditions

Stage I Lung Cancer, Stage II Lung Cancer

Brief summary

This clinical trial studies side effects and best treatment time of cryodevitalization in treating patients with early stage (stage I or stage II) lung cancer. Cryodevitalization is a type of cryosurgery that uses a flexible probe (cryoprobe) to kill tumor cells by freezing them. It is delivered at the time of standard diagnostic robotic bronchoscopy. Using cryodevitalization may be safe, tolerable and/or effective in treating patients with early stage lung cancer.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for cryodevitalization cycle duration. OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study. Patients undergo 3 freeze-thaw cycles of cryodevitalization over 30 seconds or 3, 5, or 7 minutes each during standard of care robotic bronchoscopy with biopsy on study. Patients then undergo standard of care surgical resection on study. Patients also undergo a chest radiography (x-ray) on study as well as computed tomography (CT) and tissue sample collection throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 3 and 7 days and are then followed as clinically required per standard of care for 24 months.

Interventions

PROCEDURECryosurgery

Undergo cryodevitalization

Undergo standard of care robotic bronchoscopy with biopsy

PROCEDUREBronchoscopy with Biopsy

Undergo standard of care robotic bronchoscopy with biopsy

PROCEDUREResection

Undergo standard of care surgical resection

PROCEDUREChest Radiography

Undergo chest x-ray

PROCEDUREComputed Tomography

Undergo Computed Tomography

PROCEDUREBiospecimen Collection

Undergo tissue sample collection

OTHERElectronic Health Record Review

Ancillary studies

Sponsors

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
Swim Across America
CollaboratorOTHER

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 a single pulmonary nodule with a size less than or equal to three centimeters (average long and short axis) confirmed as malignant intraprocedurally (rapid on-site evaluation with pathology assessment showing lung cancer or oligometastatic disease) without evidence of mediastinal involvement who require nodule biopsy prior to proceeding with surgical resection * Nodules must be located in the outer 2/3 of the periphery of the lung, greater than 10 mm from the pleura and from large blood vessels or mediastinal structures to avoid injury to other visceral organs * Patients deemed to have a surgical resection treatment option based on preoperative staging computed tomographic (CT), postoperative predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) \> 40% and evaluation of medical comorbidities after discussion at multidisciplinary tumor board * Age \> 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

* Target nodule is within the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) "central zone" (including bronchial tree, major vessels, heart, esophagus, spinal cord and phrenic \& laryngeal nerves), or are \< 10 mm from the pleura * Patients with an expected survival less than 6 months * Patients with endobronchial lesions, concerning for malignancy, visualized during the initial bronchoscopic evaluation of the airways * Patients with medically uncorrectable coagulopathy: abnormal platelet count \< 100 × 10\^9/L or an international normalized ratio \> 1.5 * Patients with known pulmonary hypertension (PASP \[pulmonary artery systolic pressure\] \> 50mmHg) * Patients who are currently prescribed anticoagulants, clopidogrel, or other platelet aggregation inhibitors * Patients with medical comorbidities deemed high-risk for surgical resection * Pregnant women * Inability to provide informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Maximum tolerated dose for cryodevitalization cycle durationAt time of surgeryWill implement a modified Toxicity Probability Interval design. Each dose will be modeled using a Beta-Binomial model with the prior distribution, Beta (1,1). For each dose level, a 95% credible interval for the toxicity probability will be computed.
Feasibility of bronchoscopically delivered cryodevitalizationAt time of surgeryProportion of procedures that can be safely completed with full dose delivered
Incidence of adverse eventsUp to 7 days post-cryosurgeryWill be modeled using a Beta-Binomial model with the prior distribution, Beta (1,1). For each dose level, a 95% credible interval for the toxicity probability will be computed.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pathologic responseAt time of surgical resectionPathologic response will be assessed comparing the confirmed devitalization zone determined by intraprocedural cone-beam computed tomography imaging (percent tumor treated by cryodevitalization) and remaining tumor viability by histopathologic examination of resected specimens.
Incidence of adverse eventsFrom day 8 post-cryosurgery to surgical resectionWill be modeled using a Beta-Binomial model with the prior distribution, Beta (1,1). For each dose level, a 95% credible interval for the toxicity probability will be computed.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTVanderbilt-Ingram Services for Timely Access
cip@vumc.org800-811-8480
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORFabien Maldonado, MD

Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

Outcome results

None listed

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