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Brief Title: Multicenter Clinical Research for Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer Using Blood Plasma Derived Exosome
Official Title: Multicenter Clinical Research for Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer Using Blood Plasma
Study ID: NCT04529915
Brief Summary: Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Early diagnosis is linked to a better prognosis. Further, surgical resection at the early stages of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) results in markedly improved survival rates. Computed tomography (CT)- or bronchoscopy-guided needle biopsies are standard definitive diagnostic procedures for lung cancer and are used to obtain tissue for pathological examination. However, these procedures are invasive, difficult to repeat, expensive, and risk exposure to radiation. Conversely, liquid biopsies, such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs), circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), and extracellular vesicles (EVs), are simple and less invasive procedures that can be repeated more frequently than tissue biopsies. To analyze the exosomes abundantly present in the blood and to conduct clinical studies to determine whether it is possible to diagnose lung cancer. To this end, blood samples from normal people (n = 150) and lung cancer patients (n = 320) are obtained from the Human biobank of five hospitals participating in the study.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 40 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: Yes
Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Guro-gu, Korea, Republic of
Name: Hyun Koo MD, PhD, MD, PhD
Affiliation: Professor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR