DREAM: Double Lung Transplant REgistry Aimed for Lung-limited Malignancies
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Observational Study
Lung CancerBilateral CancerLung Transplant
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
No Study Drug
Researchers observe your health over time — no experimental treatment is given.
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At a Glance
Age
18 – 75
Sex
Any
Study type
Observational
Participants needed
125 (estimated)
Sponsor
Northwestern University · Other
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This is a prospective observational registration trial for patients who undergo lung transplantation for the treatment of the select groups of medically refractory cancers affecting the lungs alone without extrapulmonary nodal and distant metastasis.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Any patient who is undergoing double lung transplantation as part of the clinical program, consents for this prospective observational trial, and has one of the following conditions will be eligible.
* Common Inclusion Criteria
* Adults of Age ≦ 80
* Resistant or refractor…
Inclusion Criteria:
Any patient who is undergoing double lung transplantation as part of the clinical program, consents for this prospective observational trial, and has one of the following conditions will be eligible.
* Common Inclusion Criteria
* Adults of Age ≦ 80
* Resistant or refractory to or without available standard of care treatment options or experimental treatment options that are known to increase survival outcome
* Patients without any extrapulmonary disease
* Patients with good general health with an ability to withstand physiologic stressors and undergo psychosocial evaluation by the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) or other assessment tools
* Patients to meet all other criteria for lung transplantation including insurance approval and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) registration
Inclusion Criteria for Cohort A
* Histologically confirmed selected lung non-small cell lung cancer including but not limited to:
o according to the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)/American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) classification
\- Lepidic dominant pattern
* Adenocarcinoma in situ
* Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma
* Non mucinous lepidic predominant invasive adenocarcinoma
o based on 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lung tumors including
\- Invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma
* Mixed invasive mucinous and mucinous adenocarcinoma
* Colloid adenocarcinoma
* Enteric adenocarcinoma
* Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma
* Nonmucinous
* Mucinous
\- Preinvasive lesions
* Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
* Adenocarcinoma in situ
* Nonmucinous
* Mucinous
* based on the 2004 WHO classification of lung tumors including - Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma
* Nonmucinous
* Mucinous
* Mixed nonmucinous and mucinous or indeterminate
* Without any distant metastasis confirmed by standard staging work-up
* Without brain metastasis confirmed by brain imaging
* Without unidentified primary site of cancer
Inclusion Criteria for Cohort B
* Metastatic cancers to lung alone - including but not limited to germ cell tumors, head \& neck tumors, colorectal tumors, renal cell tumors, testicular cancer
* Without any other distant metastasis confirmed by standard staging work-up
Inclusion Criteria for Cohort C
* Respiratory failure with a history of cancer in the last 5 years - including, but not limited to interstitial lung disease (ILD), pulmonary fibrosis (idiopathic or secondary), advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, emphysema, cystic fibrosis (CF), emphysema due to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
* Without any other distant metastasis confirmed by standard staging work-up
Exclusion Criteria:
* Exclusion criteria
* Adults unable or unwilling to consent
* Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
* Pregnant women
* Prisoners
* Vulnerable Populations
* Presence of extrapulmonary disease or mediastinal nodal disease at the time of transplant referral
* Small Cell Cancers
* Unidentified primary site of cancer for Cohort A
* Progression of disease or confirmed distant metastases or mediastinal nodal disease at any point during transplantation work-up
* Medical ineligibility for lung transplantation after multidisciplinary assessment
* Not a suitable candidate according to the lung transplantation protocol for treatment of lung confined primary or metastatic tumors
* Body mass index more than 35 kg/m2
* Evidence of co-existing malignancies for Cohort A
* Untreatable significant dysfunction of another major organ system including heart, liver, kidney, or brain unless combined organ transplantation can be performed
* Uncorrected atherosclerotic disease with suspected or confirmed end-organ ischemia or dysfunction and/or coronary artery disease not amenable to revascularization
* Uncorrectable bleeding diathesis
* Evidence of active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
* Significant chest wall or spinal deformity expected to cause severe restriction after transplantation
Contacts
Lung Transplant Thoracic Surgery, Canning Thoracic Institute (Northwestern Memorial Hospital)
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