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A Study of Lung Cancer Screening in People With Unexplained Weight Loss

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · with AstraZeneca · NCT06717334

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 50–80 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
409
US sites recruiting
8
Study start
December 2, 2024
Record last updated
October 9, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The researchers are doing this study to see if people with unexplained weight loss who have lung cancer screening are more likely to have or develop lung cancer than people without unexplained weight loss. The lung cancer screening will involve use of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), a CT scan that gives off very low doses of radiation and can make detailed pictures of the lungs to help find tumors. The study researchers will also analyze participants' blood samples to determine if blood testing can be used to help to diagnose lung cancer.

Being studied: Low Dose CT imaging; blood draws; screening questionnaire

Conditions: Lung Cancer Screening

Eligibility criteria

Copied from the official record. The study team makes the final decision at screening.

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Eligible for American Cancer Society lung cancer screening, as follows as per the discretion of the screening team:
  • Age 50-80 years old
  • At least 20-pack year history of smoking
  • Weight loss of 3-10%, defined as UWL, within any timeframe over the past in the 18 months prior to enrollment, that cannot be attributed to an underlying medical condition at the discretion of the enrolling investigator
  • Note that patients who have 3-10% weight may still be enrolled if the enrolling investigator does not conclude that the weight loss can be attributed to the patient's intentional efforts.
  • Documented weight loss can be self-reported or extracted from weights obtained during physician visits. However, if self-reported weight loss is contradicted by weight loss documented in the medical record (e.g. a patients states that (s)he lost 10 lbs in the past 6 months, but a weight documented in the medical record does not support that history), the measured and quantified weight change will be used to ascertain eligibility
  • Life expectancy greater than 1 year, per assessment of the treating clinician.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Currently pregnant or trying to become pregnant via self-report
  • Prior history of recent CT scan of the chest either through LDCT screening or with a scan of the chest (standard, not LDCT) performed within the past 12 months
  • Prior history of NSCLC

○ Note that patients with a history of diagnosis of non-lung cancers are eligible for the study.

  • Currently undergoing or referred for diagnostic evaluation due to clinical suspicion for malignancy (e.g., referred to a medical or surgical oncologist, or scheduled for biopsy on the basis of a suspicious imaging abnormality).
  • Patients with a germline pathogenic genetic variant who have undergone whole body MRI within the past 12 months
  • Unable to comply with study procedures

Recruiting US locations

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

    Site contact: Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD · 212-639-8100

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)

    Middletown, NJ 07748

    Site contact: Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD · 212-639-8100

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, NJ 07645

    Site contact: Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD · 212-639-8100

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (All Protocol Activities)

    Commack, NY 11725

    Site contact: Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD · 212-639-8100

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)

    Harrison, NY 10604

    Site contact: Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD · 212-639-8100

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)

    New York, NY 10065

    Site contact: Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD · 212-639-8100

  • Montefiore Health Systems (Montefiore Medical Center)

    The Bronx, NY 10467

    Site contact: Neel Chudgar, MD · 718-920-8874

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)

    Uniondale, NY 11553

    Site contact: Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD · 212-639-8100

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD · 212-639-8100 · chidia1@mskcc.org
  • Bernard Park, MD · 646-888-3346
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