Using e-Nose Technology to Identify Early Lung Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Lung; Node; Lung Cancer

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Breathprinting test

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04734145

20-349

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test the ability of a new technology called breathprinting, or electronic nose (e-nose), to detect early-stage lung cancer. Additionally, researchers also want to see if the e-nose technology is more effective at diagnosing lung cancer if the tumor size is larger.

Enrollment: 119 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 21-85

• Single, monolateral nodule of at least 50% solid composition visible on chest CT scan (with or without contrast) suspicious for lung cancer.

• MSK radiologist report or read suggestive (i.e. at least 50% certainty) of suspected primary lung cancer (in accordance with the level of certainty criteria set forth by MSKCC Radiology)

  o Patients with biopsy-proven early stage, primary lung cancer that meets staging requirements, do not need to also have a radiology report meeting inclusion criteria

• Negative test for COVID-19 performed locally or at MSK, done as part of standard of care testing (i.e. only when required by specific institutional policy) prior to biopsy or surgical procedure

• Eligible for fine-needle aspiration biopsy, robotic bronchoscopy, and/or surgical resection for diagnosis (i.e., does not have comorbidities precluding these).

• Documented, signed, and dated informed consent, obtained before any procedures, for the proposed research study

  o Patient must agree to undergo fine-needle aspiration biopsy, robotic bronchoscopy, and/or surgical resection for diagnosis prior to e-nose collectionNote: Biopsy-proven patients that meet eligible staging criteria who are not further surgical candidates will be collected prior to next step in standard of care treatment

• Patients with biopsy-proven clinical stage I lung cancer are eligible if the biopsy is done within 6 weeks of the consent date

Exclusion criteria

• Age <21 and >85 years at first outpatient visit.
• Multiple ipsilateral or bilateral nodules reported on chest CT scan and/or concurrent as suspicious for lung cancer (note: nodules deemed indeterminate, inflammatory, etc. will not exclude a patient from participating in this study) semisolid GGOs.
• Lung nodule of interest is less than 50% solid in composition
• Per MSK radiologist report or read, the lung nodule of interest is "less likely" or "unlikely" (i.e. less than 50% certainty) to be neoplastic (in accordance with the level of certainty criteria set forth by MSKCC Radiology)
• Any previous history of lung cancer
• History of any non-lung cancer(s) that is currently being treated (note: prior history of completely treated non-lung cancer from any time will be eligible)
• Metastatic lung cancer disease seen on chest CT or PET scan at hilar/mediastinal nodes or contralateral lung or extrathoracic sites.
• Previous medical history of a lung biopsy/surgical procedure for cancer diagnosis (note: patients who underwent a lung biopsy over three years ago that showed negative for lung cancer and patients who underwent a lung biopsy confirming stage I lung cancer within the past 6 weeks will be eligible)

Trial design

119 participants in 1 patient group

Participants with an Undiagnosed Pulmonary Nodule

Description:

One hundred evaluable individuals aged 21 to 85 years with a single undiagnosed pulmonary nodule measuring <3 cm, clinically staged as cT1N0M0 (eighth edition of the TNM staging manual) by CT and PET scans, will be enrolled in this diagnostic study and will undergo e-nose testing. These patients must have a risk assessment profile that, according to institutional guidelines, identifies them as candidates for subsequent surgical resection of the pulmonary nodule, which will confirm the results of the breathprinting analysis.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Breathprinting test