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Surgical Treatment of Elderly Patients With cT1N0M0 Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Comparison Between Sublobar Resection and Lobectomy

A Phase 3 interventional study of VATS and Thoracotomy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by Peking University People's Hospital. Status unknown at 6 sites in China. Open to participants aged 70 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-09-20.

Sponsored by Peking University People's Hospital · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
339
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
70 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The role of sublobar resection(Wedge resection or anatomic segmentectomy) for small(≤ 2cm) early stage non-small cell lung cancer has been studied by Lung Cancer Study Group and is being studied by several ongoing trials. However, elderly patients(aged ≥70 years) in these trials is under-represented, as in most of the ongoing clinical trials. This study focuses on the elderly population of early stage lung cancer, and aims to investigate the outcome of lobectomy versus sublobar resection for peripheral stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in elderly patients.

Read the detailed description

This randomized trial is to the best of our knowledge the first one designed to compare sublobar resection and lobectomy for elderly patients, in order to address these open questions:In patients aged 70 years or older and with clinical stage T1N0M0 NSCLC, (1) whether sublobar resection can achieve similar disease-free survival compared to lobectomy, (2) whether sublobar resection can reduce the postoperative mortality and morbidity,(3) whether sublobar resection can reserve better pulmonary function and quality of life for elderly patients of NSCLC?

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Conditions studied

  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Keywords

  • Lung cancer;Elderly;Sublobar resection;Lobectomy
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In context

Lung Neoplasms

7,243 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Neoplasms; 1,557 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 339 is above the median of 60 across 5,295 interventional studies indexed under Lung Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Peking University People's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 584 studies on the registry; 233 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
70 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 70 years or older
  • Preoperative criteria (contrast-enhanced Computed tomography scan)

    • Suspected non-small cell lung cancer
    • Clinical stage ⅠA, i.e. T1N0M0 (tumor diameter ≤3 cm, surrounded by visceral pleura, short-axis of lymph node \<1 cm or cold lymph nodes on PET scan)
    • The maximum diameter of consolidation of the maximum tumor diameter (consolidation/tumor ratio, C/T ratio) is no less than 0.5 in sub-solid lesions
    • Eligible for sublobar resection with sufficient margin
  • Intraoperative criteria

    • Histologically confirmed invasive NSCLC, i.e. NSCLC other than pre-invasive adenocarcinomas defined by The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (adenocarcinoma in situ, and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma)
    • Pathological exclusion of suspected lymph nodes involvement
    • Feasible to perform sublobar resection in terms of surgical margin requirement
  • General criteria

    • Must sign informed consent by the patient or his/her entrusted party
    • Must complete 4-year mortality index and comprehensive geriatric assessment(CGA) if necessary
    • The physiological reservation can tolerate lobectomy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable to comply with the study procedure
  • Past thoracic surgery history, except for diagnostic thoracoscopy
  • Malignant tumor history within the past 5 years, except for the following conditions: cured skin basal cell carcinoma, superficial bladder carcinoma, and uterine cervix cancer in situ
  • Any active systemic diseases including uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, newly onset of angina pectoris within recent 3 months, congestive heart failure (class II or plus of New York Heart Association, NYHA), myocardial infarction within recent 6 months, severe disease in the need of medication such as arrhythmia, liver, renal or metabolic diseases
  • Uncontrollable infections
  • Coexisting small cell lung cancer
  • Psychiatric diseases diagnosed
  • Other circumstances which is deemed inappropriate for enrollment by the researchers
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
339 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Lobectomy

    Patients undergo lobectomy by thoracotomy or thoracoscopy/Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS).

    Procedure: VATS · Procedure: Thoracotomy

  • Experimental
    Sublobar resection

    Patients undergo sublobar resection(wedge resection or anatomic segmentectomy) by thoracotomy or thoracoscopy/VATS.

    Procedure: VATS · Procedure: Thoracotomy

Interventions

  • ProcedureVATS

    Patients undergo lobectomy,wedge resection, or anatomical segmentectomy by thoracoscopic surgery or video assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

    Also known as: Thoracoscopy

  • ProcedureThoracotomy

    Patients undergo lobectomy, wedge resection, or anatomic segmentectomy by thoracotomy.

    Also known as: Open surgery

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Time To Disease free survival Event

    The time interval from randomization to the earliest onset of any of the following events: tumor recurrence, metastasis, or death caused by any reason.

    Time frame: 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants with Perioperative Complication and Death as a Measure of Safety.

    Perioperative complication is defined as the complication occurred after surgery and before discharge, or within 30 days postoperatively. Death cases during this period should be recorded as perioperative death.

    Time frame: 1 months

  2. Hospitalization time after surgery in Participants

    Defined as the time interval from the day of operation to discharge.

    Time frame: 1 months

  3. Intubation time after surgery in Participants

    Defined as the time interval from the day of operation to extubation.

    Time frame: 1 months

  4. Time To Overall survival Event

    The time interval from randomization to death from any cause.

    Time frame: 3 years

  5. Percentage of Participants With Local Recurrence and Metastasis Event

    The ratio of local recurrence and metastasis in 3 years from the day of randomization

    Time frame: 3 years

  6. Postoperative pulmonary function

    The Forced expiratory volume in one second and the forced vital capacity at 6-, 12- and 36-month post of the day of randomization.

    Time frame: 3 years

  7. Percentage of Participants With VATS procedure

    The ratio of video assisted thoracoscopic surgery in each group.

    Time frame: 1 month

  8. Scores on the quality of life questionaires

    The scores of the 6-, 12- and 36-month questionaire on quality of life post of the day of randomization.

    Time frame: 3 years

Other outcomes

  1. The scores of CGA and 4-year mortality index as a measure of predictive factor for the outcome of the elderly.

    The scores of prospective CGA and 4-yr mortality index to predict the outcome of the elderly.

    Time frame: 3 years

  2. The total cost as a measure of the cost/benefit analysis

    The cost/benefit analysis of sublobar resection versus lobectomy

    Time frame: 3 years

  3. The rate of pathologically noninvasive lung cancer with the radiologic character of C/T>0.5

    The radiologic character of C/T\>0.5 has been considered as a pathologically noninvasive lung cancer. and the rate of pathologically noninvasive lung cancer will be used as a measure for the relation between the radiologic / pathologic character of primary non-small-cell lung cancer and prognosis.

    Time frame: 1 month

  4. The morbidity rate as a measure between the two different interventions as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability.

    The morbidity rate after surgery for participants who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic or open procedures a Measure of Safety and Tolerability.

    Time frame: 3 years

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Study locations

6 of 6 sites recruiting
  • Beijing Haidian Hospital
    Beijing, China
    • Yuqing Huang · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Peking university people's hospital
    Beijing, China
    • Jun Wang, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
    Changsha, China
    • Fenglei Yu · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
    Hangzhao, China
    • Zhoumiao Chen · Contact
    Recruiting
  • The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
    Qingdao, China
    • Wenjie Jiao · Contact
    Recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
    Zhengzhou, China
    • Song Zhao · Contact
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Yang F, Sui X, Chen X, Zhang L, Wang X, Wang S, Wang J. Sublobar resection versus lobectomy in Surgical Treatment of Elderly Patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (STEPS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2016 Apr 7;17:191. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1312-6. PubMed 27053091 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 20, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02360761
Lead sponsor
Peking University People's Hospital
Responsible party
Jun Wang (Principal Investigator, Clinical Professor, Peking University People's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 11, 2015
Start date
Jan 2016
Primary completion
Jan 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 20, 2016

Study contacts

Jun Wang, M.M.
Contact
Jwangmd@yahoo.com
+8601088326650
Fan Yang, M.D.
Contact
+86010883266557
Jun Wang, M.M.
principal investigator · Peking University People's Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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