NCT07460440Recruiting
SPARC - Screening for Lung Cancer With Platelets Via an AI-enabled RNA-based Classifier
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to test whether combining a unique analytical approach with changes in platelet RNA expression accurately diagnoses lung cancer. Using retrospective platelet transcriptomic data from 522 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC, the most common type of lung cancer), an approach that appears to accurately classify lung cancer has been developed. The study will build upon these retrospective analyses to prospectively recruit patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer, obtain platelet RNA samples from whole blood, and perform validation analyses. This research will also test whether this approach accurately distinguishes benign from malignant lung nodules.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 240 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 3 Mar 2026
- Start date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jun 2028
- Lead sponsor
- University of Utah
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07460440
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 240
- From 8 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2028
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Currently receiving any systemic therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and/or targeted therapy) or radiation therapy for lung cancer
- Have undergone invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures (e.g., biopsy, surgery) related to the lung nodule within the past 3 months
- Hospitalization or surgery (other than minor surgery such as mole removal) within the last 8 weeks
Other illness
- Other diagnosis of, or treatment for, any cancer within the last 6 months except for non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or low-grade prostate cancer (defined as Gleason score ≤ 6) treated locally
- A history of lung cancer or metastatic cancer to the lungs from an extrathoracic primary site with definitive treatment (surgical, medical, or radiotherapy) within the past 2 years
- Already undergone surgical resection of the lung cancer in part or in whole
- Any active malignancy or diagnosis of cancer within the last 6 months except for non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or low-grade prostate cancer (defined as Gleason score ≤ 6) treated locally
- Treatment for any cancer within the last 6 months except for non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or low-grade prostate cancer (defined as Gleason score ≤ 6) treated locally
- Decompensated or end-stage heart failure (defined as ACC/AHA Stage C or Stage D heart failure)
- Venous thrombosis, myocardial infarction, or stroke within the last 8 weeks
- Personal history of lung cancer at any time
Lab values
- Renal failure (defined as eGFR \< 60 mL/min/1.73m² or on dialysis)
- Liver failure (defined as having hepatic encephalopathy of any degree, OR moderately severe coagulopathy defined as INR ≥ 1.5, OR known cirrhosis, OR ALT of ≥ 10X ULN, OR total bilirubin of ≥ 3.0 mg/dL, OR diagnosis of liver failure)
Other
- Unable to provide blood sample
- Study Population 2: Control Subjects
- Currently pregnant or have been pregnant within the last 12 weeks
- Any blood product transfusion within the last 8 weeks
- Unable to provide blood sample
Who the study is looking for
- Aged 21 years or older
- Meeting at least one of the following two criteria:
- Diagnosed with any stage or type of lung cancer
- Having at least one lung nodule identified on imaging (e.g., low dose computed tomography \[LDCT\] or other diagnostic chest imaging) that was completed within 180 days prior to enrollment, and where there is planned or recommended biopsy, surgical resection, radiation therapy, systemic therapy, or other invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedure to further evaluate the nodule(s) in the next six months based on the clinical judgment of the patient's provider(s)
- Aged 21 years or older
Criteria the registry did not label
- Study Population 1: Treatment-Naïve Patients with a Lung Nodule or Lung Cancer
Age in the registry: 21 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Recruiting |
| Veterans Affairs SLC Health Care System (VAMC) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Recruiting |
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