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RecruitingNCT06037941Updated Sep 24, 2026

Using E-Nose Technology to Measure Response to Treatment in People With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

An interventional study of E-Nose testing and Research blood in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Recruiting at 7 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-24.

Sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Sep 2023; still recruiting 3 years 2 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
30 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 15 studies in Mesothelioma, Malignant by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — 3 open to participants now, 6 under way, none of them phase 3. Mesothelioma, Malignant · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Planned enrollment
5th of 11
20 · median 15
Started
2023
with 1 other
No phase
Only one
of the 15
Registered
13th of 15
by date

Among the 15 studies in Mesothelioma, Malignant by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, this one is the 5th largest by planned enrollment of the 11 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 2 that started in 2023, is the only one with no phase, and was the 13th registered.

Mesothelioma, Malignant

339 studies on the registry are indexed under Mesothelioma, Malignant; 64 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

3 of the 15 studies in Mesothelioma, Malignant by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center are open now, in 1 country. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Where they have run

Who these studies take

Of the 55 Mesothelioma, Malignant studies recruiting now, 43 (78%) set no upper age limit and 5 (9%) stop at 75 or younger; 2 take children under 18; 3 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 30 Years to 85 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

The researchers are doing this study to test the ability of a new technology called breathprinting, or electronic nose (E-Nose), to measure how people respond to standard treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). The researchers will study how E-Nose breathprints change over time as people receive standard treatment for MPM. They will also look at how changes in people's E-Nose breathprints compare to changes in their standard imaging scans and in biomarkers of MPM in their blood.

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Conditions studied

  • Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Keywords

  • Breathprinting (E-Nose) Technology
  • MPM-Specific Volatile Organic Compounds
  • 23-100
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 30-85 years
  • No history of thoracic cancer or extrathoracic cancer potentially involving pleural (i.e., breast, gastric, colon, or pancreas cancer)
  • Recent diagnosis of MPM
  • Documented, signed, and dated , obtained before any procedures, for the proposed research study, and signed standard surgical consent for surgical resection

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Aged \<30 or >85 years at the first outpatient visit
  • History of thoracic or extrathoracic cancer that puts the subject at risk for pleural or pulmonary
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
20 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    E-Nose Technology

    Patients undergo a breathprinting test (E-Nose) at baseline and at the first three standard of care follow-ups, as scheduled by their treating physician, that involve a CT of the Chest and/or PET/CT. The E-Nose testing will be administered by trained staff. Staff will use proper personal protective equipment during collections. Subjects will undergo E-Nose testing in a presurgical or interventional radiology suite. Subjects must consent to no smoking, no tooth brushing, and no food or drinks starting on midnight of the day of the E-Nose test. If fasting from midnight until the E-Nose test is not feasible, subjects may consent to fasting for 2 hours prior to each E-Nose test. Subjects opting to fast for 2 hours before each E-Nose test can only have still, non-carbonated water and non-aromatic foods or foods that do not develop aromatic compounds, such as low salt simple crackers, starting at midnight on the day of the E-Nose test until 2 hours before the collection.

    Diagnostic Test: E-Nose testing · Diagnostic Test: Research blood

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testE-Nose testing

    At baseline (before any treatment is administered) approximately when the patient is scheduled for a CT of the Chest and/or PET/CT after initiation of any treatment, as medically permissible and at the PI's discretion. A breath sample from each patient will be captured in a cartridge, which will form the basis for the E-Nose analysis, to be performed by study investigators at UCB.

  • Diagnostic testResearch blood

    Research blood tests will be obtained at baseline and the first three standard of care follow up visits, scheduled by their treating physician along with a CT of the Chest and/or PET/CT1 to determine whether serum biomarkers of MPM.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change of MPMspecific VOCs

    compared with imaging (using RECIST 1.1 and mRECIST).

    Time frame: up to 1 year

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Study locations

7 of 7 sites recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent Only)
    Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920, United States
    Recruiting
    • Gaetano Rocco, MD · Contact212-639-3478
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only)
    Middletown, New Jersey 07748, United States
    Recruiting
    • Gaetano Rocco, MD · Contact212-639-3478
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only )
    Montvale, New Jersey 07645, United States
    Recruiting
    • Gaetano Rocco, MD · Contact212-639-3478
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk-Commack (Consent Only)
    Commack, New York 11725, United States
    Recruiting
    • Gaetano Rocco, MD · Contact212-639-3478
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent Only)
    Harrison, New York 10604, United States
    Recruiting
    • Gaetano Rocco, MD · Contact212-639-3478
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
    New York, New York 10065, United States
    Recruiting
    • Gaetano Rocco, MD · Contact212-639-3478
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent Only)
    Uniondale, New York 11553, United States
    Recruiting
    • Gaetano Rocco, MD · Contact212-639-3478
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Sep 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2027, 48 months after the start.

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

Registered
Sep 8, 2023
First posted
Sep 14, 2023
StartActual
Sep 8, 2023
Primary completionEst.
Sep 2027
CompletionEst.
Sep 2027
Last update
Sep 24, 2026
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 Sep 24, 2026, 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
NCT06037941
Collaborators
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO-MEDICO, ITALY
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 14, 2023
Start date
Sep 8, 2023
Primary completion
Sep 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 24, 2026

Study contacts

Gaetano Rocco, MD
Contact
roccog@mskcc.org
212-639-3478
David Jones, MD
Contact
212-639-6428
Gaetano Rocco, MD
principal investigator · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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