Airway Epithelium Gene Expression: AEGIS IDE (AEGIS IDE)

June 2, 2015 updated by: Allegro Diagnostics, Corp.

Airway Epithelium Gene Expression in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer: AEGIS IDE

The purpose of the research study is to develop a new, more sensitive, and less invasive test for diagnosing lung cancer at an earlier stage, when it can more easily be cured. The investigators hypothesize that certain genes are expressed differently in current and former smokers who have lung cancer, and this difference in gene expression may be a biomarker for lung cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Completed

Conditions

Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied. On ClinicalTrials.gov, conditions may also include other health-related issues, such as lifespan, quality of life, and health risks.

Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.

Detailed Description

Allegro Diagnostics is funding this multi-center study to validate and extend a new diagnostic tool measuring global gene expression in airway epithelial cells obtained at routine bronchoscopy in suspect lung cancer patients. The test, which is highly sensitive and specific for lung cancer, measures the levels of expression of genes in cells brushed from the large bronchi during diagnostic bronchoscopy. Similar brushings of epithelial cells from the nose will be analyzed to determine if gene expression in these cells can be used as a screening tool in subjects who may have now or be at risk for developing lung cancer in the future.

Study Type

Study Type

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Study types include interventional studies (also called clinical trials), observational studies (including patient registries), and expanded access.
Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
1331

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
        • University of Alabama
    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85006
        • Pulmonary Associates of Arizona
    • California
      • Sacramento, California, United States
        • University of California- Davis
    • Colorado
      • Denver, Colorado, United States, 80206
        • National Jewish Health
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven, Connecticut, United States
        • Yale Univeristy
    • Florida
      • Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608
        • North Florida/South Georgia VA
    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
        • Indiana University
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
        • LSU
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02135
        • St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
    • Missouri
      • Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65203
        • University of Missouri
    • New Jersey
      • Summit, New Jersey, United States, 07901
        • Pulmonary and Allergy Associates of New Jersey
    • New York
      • Jamaica, New York, United States, 11418
        • Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
      • New York, New York, United States, 10032
        • Columbia University
    • Ohio
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States
        • Cleveland Clinic
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
        • University of Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19140
        • Temple University
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
        • Medical University of South Carolina
      • Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29209
        • Dorn VA
    • Virginia
      • Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
        • Virginia Commonwealth University
    • Washington
      • Bellevue, Washington, United States, 98004
        • Overlake Hospital
    • Wisconsin
      • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
        • University of Wisconsin

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

21 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients of enrolled medical centers who are undergoing clinically indicated bronchoscopy for suspect lung cancer and who are current or former cigarette smokers.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients being evaluated for the diagnosis of possible lung cancer or "rule out lung cancer" and undergoing clinically indicated bronchoscopy
  • All patients are required to be at least 21 years of age and be able to understand and sign the informed consent form
  • Patient must be a current or former cigarette smoker

Exclusion Criteria:

  • A pulmonary physician does not recommend that bronchoscopy be performed
  • Inability to understand the written consent form and comply with requirements of the study
  • History of prior primary lung cancer
  • Immediately prior to bronchoscopy, the patient has been on a mechanical ventilator for >24 consecutive hours.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Group / Cohort

A group or subgroup of participants in an observational study that is assessed for biomedical or health outcomes.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Standard of Care
Device: Biomarker (not used as an intervention)
This study is an observational study. There is no intervention.
Other Names:
  • BronchoGen

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Lung Cancer Diagnosis (positive or negative)
Time Frame: 12 months
Patients may be followed at 12 months post bronchoscopy to finalize diagnosis if diagnosis had not previously been confirmed. The biomarker score will be compared to the standard diagnosis to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive values of the biomarker.
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Allegro Diagnostics, Corp.

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
Medical University of South Carolina
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Columbia University
University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Cleveland Clinic
University of California, Davis
Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc.
Temple University
William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
Indiana University
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
National Jewish Health
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
Overlake Hospital Bellevue WA
Pulmonary and Allergy Associates of New Jersey
Pulmonary Associates of Arizona

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Study Director: Duncan Whitney, PhD, Allegro Diagnostics

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
February 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
December 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
February 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submitted a study record to ClinicalTrials.gov. There is typically a delay of a few days between the first submitted date and the record's availability on ClinicalTrials.gov (the first posted date).
September 3, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
September 3, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
September 4, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
June 4, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
June 2, 2015

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
June 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • ADx-0001: IDE G090194

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Cookie Settings

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. For more details carefully read our Privacy and Cookies Policy. ...>>>You can change your preferences or withdraw your consent at any time by deleting the cookies from your website or computer as described in the policy. Please accept it and choose your preferences by ticking the corresponding boxes in the "Manage Settings" section below. Please carefully read our Terms of Service before you proceed with using any part of this website.
«Manage Settings