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CompletedNCT04879316ELYUpdated May 12, 2021

Energy for Lymphocytes

An observational study in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Progression, Disease, sponsored by Hôpital Cochin. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-12.

Sponsored by Hôpital Cochin · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
144
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

CERTIM is a cohort created in July 2015 to set up a multidisciplinary follow-up of cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

From the CERTIM cohort, we conducted a longitudinal, prospective, observational study (ELY) in two tertiary university centers (Cochin hospital and European Georges Pompidou Hospital), which included patients between August 2016 and October 2019 and ended follow-up in April 2020.

Patients were treated with nivolumab, at a dose of 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks, or pembrolizumab, at a dose of 2mg/kg every 3 weeks. The investigators report findings from an evaluation of rest energy expenditure (REE) assessed using indirect calorimetry in the outpatient setting before treatment with checkpoints inhibitors.

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Conditions studied

  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Progression, Disease

Keywords

  • cachexia
  • immunotherapy
  • carcinoma
  • Non-small cell lung cancer
  • Basal metabolism
  • Energy expenditure
  • inflammation
  • 6-month Progression free survival
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In context

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

7,620 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,838 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 144 is close to the median of 160 across 1,148 observational studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.

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Lead sponsor

Hôpital Cochin is the lead sponsor of 8 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Study population

Adult patients with NSCLC initiating nivolumab or pembrolizumab in real-life conditions

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years or older
  • Stage IV proven Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
  • Monotherapy with nivolumab or pembrolizumab.
  • Patients were required to have per the (RECIST), version 1.1.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active other than NSCLC,
  • ALK or EGFR mutated NSCLC
  • Anticancer therapy or surgery within the past 2 weeks or inability to breathe under the calorimetry.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
144 participants (actual)
Target follow-up
6 Months
Patient registry
Yes

Groups and cohorts

  • adult patients with NSCLC initiating nivolumab or pembrolizumab

    Patients underwent a multidisciplinary evaluation including consultation with an oncologist and a dietitian. Such an assessment includes subjective and objective parameters such as medical history, weight loss, current dietary intake (including energy and protein balance), physical examination and anthropometric measurements, functional and mental assessment, medications, Resting Energy Expenditure measurement using indirect calorimetry and laboratory values.

    Other: Resting Energy Expenditure measurement

Interventions

  • OtherResting Energy Expenditure measurement

    Resting Energy Expenditure measurement using indirect calorimetry

This study also gives Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab. No intervention listed here names it: that was found by reading the record.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 6-month Progression-free survival

    Calculated as the percentage of participants alive and without disease progression, as assessed by the Investigator using RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: 6 months after start of treatment

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Study locations

1 site
  • Cochin Hospital
    Paris, 75014, France
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Aug 2016 to primary completion in Oct 2019, 38 months.

Of 355 non-industry observational studies under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, half reached primary completion within 58 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 36 and three quarters within 126. This study's 38 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 497 studies reached it within 55 months; a quarter within 35 and three quarters within 83.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Apr 12, 2021
First posted
May 10, 2021
StartActual
Aug 1, 2016
Primary completionActual
Oct 1, 2019
CompletionActual
Apr 30, 2020
Last update
May 12, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 12, 2021, 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
NCT04879316
Lead sponsor
Hôpital Cochin
Responsible party
Camille Levalois (Co-investigator, Hôpital Cochin) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 10, 2021
Start date
Aug 1, 2016
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2019
Completion
Apr 30, 2020
Last update
May 12, 2021

Oversight

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