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RecruitingNCT04063501Updated Dec 2, 2025

Longitudinal Evaluation of Microbial and Host Signatures During Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer

An observational study in Lung Cancer, sponsored by NYU Langone Health. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-02.

Sponsored by NYU Langone Health · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Feb 2021; still recruiting 5 years 7 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
48
Ages
18 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will prospectively collect airway, stool, and blood samples on 80 subjects with lung cancer undergoing immunotherapy. Investigators will evaluate airway/stool microbial signatures associated with local (lower airway) and systemic (blood) immune tone.They will then study whether microbiota and/or host signatures predict subjects' response by longitudinal assessment of the progression free survival. They will also repeat sampling after 8 weeks of immunotherapy to expand our mechanistic understanding of the response to treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Lung Cancer

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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 48 is below the median of 189 across 1,514 observational studies indexed under Lung Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

NYU Langone Health is the lead sponsor of 1,391 studies on the registry; 254 are open to participants now.

Of its 227 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 191 (84%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 100 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Adult patients with a diagnosis of advanced stage unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and indication for PD-1 blockade treatment (either as monotherapy or combined with chemotherapy)

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patients with a diagnosis of advanced stage unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and indication for PD-1 blockade treatment (either as monotherapy or combined with chemotherapy)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Antibiotic, steroid, or chemotherapy received within the prior month since these are possible confounders that may impact the microbiome and the host immunity.
  • Brain metastasis (as evaluated by MRI obtained as part of standard of care staging evaluation)
  • FEV1\<50% predicted
  • Cardiovascular disease (defined as abnormal EKG, known or suspected coronary artery disease or congestive heart failure)
  • Renal disease
  • Coagulopathy
  • Liver disease
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
48 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • Advanced stage unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Adult patients with a diagnosis of advanced stage unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and indication for PD-1 blockade treatment (either as monotherapy or combined with chemotherapy)

    Other: Bronchoscopy · Other: Research Procedures

Interventions

  • OtherBronchoscopy

    The patient will then return within a week for a research bronchoscopy to sample the upper and lower airways

  • OtherResearch Procedures

    electrocardiogram, blood work (CBC, chemistry, coagulation profile and liver function tests, pregnancy test if applicable), X-ray and pulmonary function (spirometry) testing, and provide the patient with a stool collection kit.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    over ≥ 1-year follow-up

    Time frame: 3 Years

  2. Microbiota signatures in lower and upper airways

    Time frame: 3 Years

  3. Microbiota signatures in stool

    Time frame: 3 Years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • NYU Langone Health
    New York, New York 10016, United States
    • N · Contact
    • Leopoldo Segal, MD, MSc · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 2, 2025, 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
NCT04063501
Lead sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 21, 2019
Start date
Feb 9, 2021
Primary completion
Dec 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 2, 2025

Study contacts

Lira Gutierrez
Contact
Lira.Gutierrez@nyulangone.org
212-263-6181
Rosemary Schluger
Contact
Rosemary.Schluger@nyulangone.org
Leopoldo N Segal, MD, MSc
principal investigator · New York Langone Health

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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