Clinical trialNCT01710319CompletedObservational

Mechanisms of Immunosurveillance for Lung Cancer

SponsorWashington University School of MedicineEnrollment119Lung Cancer

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Summary

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The purpose of this research study is to investigate the differences in "natural killer (NK) blood cells, a type of white blood cell that fights infection in the body, among different types of patients that have lung surgery. The four different groups of patients are: * smokers with lung cancer * smokers without lung cancer * non-smokers with lung cancer * non-smokers without lung cancer.

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Investigators

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Alexander S Krupnick, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Sept 2012
Primary completion: 7 Jul 2016
Completion: 7 Jul 2016
Last update posted: 7 May 2018
Registered enrollment: 119
Registry id: NCT01710319

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