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Lung CancerNCT05477979

The Associations of Psychological Stress With Therapy Efficacy and Prognosis of Lung Cancer (STRESS-LUNG)

An observational study of Lung Cancer and Psychological Stress, run by Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University at 1 site in China.

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Trial summary

This is the prospective, observational cohort study (STRESS-LUNG) to explore the associations of psychological stress with progression, efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and prognosis of Lung Cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Exposure: psychological stress status
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
How many people
750 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
1 Jun 2020to 31 Dec 2028
How long will I take part?
5 Years
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: The participants including the patients diagnosed with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received the first-line therapy or neoadjuvant therapy of ICIs; patients diagnosed with advanced small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) receiving the first-line therapy ICIs; patients diagnosed with early small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) receiving surgery.

Who may be able to join

  • Age ≥ 18 years;
  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of NSCLC;
  • Unresectable locally advanced, metastatic, or recurrent stage ⅢB-Ⅳ based on AJCC TNM staging 8th edition;
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1;
  • Systematic treatments naive ( e. g., chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic drugs, targeted drugs, and immunotherapy );
  • Presence of at least one measurable lesion according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Advanced Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) ;
  • Receiving PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors monotherapy or combination with chemotherapy;
  • Informed and agreed to participate in the study;

Who cannot join

  • Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-sensitizing mutation and/or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene and/or ROS proto-oncogene 1 (ROS1) fusion-positive;
  • Combined with other malignant tumors in the past 3 years;
  • Concurrent acute or chronic psychiatric disorders;
  • Current receiving anti-depressive or anti-anxiety therapy;
  • Previous treatment with other clinical drug trials;
  • Patients with symptomatic brain metastasis;
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  • Can't cooperate with psychological scale assessment;
  • Cohort 2 (STRESS-LUNG-2):
  • Age ≥ 18 years;
  • Pathologically diagnosed as small cell lung cancer;
  • Unresectable locally advanced, metastatic, or recurrent stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ based on AJCC TNM staging 8th edition;
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1;
  • Systematic treatments naive ( e. g., chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic drugs, targeted drugs, and immunotherapy );
  • Presence of at least one measurable lesion according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Advanced Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) ;
  • Receiving PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors monotherapy or combination with chemotherapy;
  • Informed and agreed to participate in the study;
  • Combined with other malignant tumors in the past 3 years;
  • Concurrent acute or chronic psychiatric disorders;
  • Current receiving anti-depressive or anti-anxiety therapy;
  • Previous treatment with other clinical drug trials;
  • Patients with symptomatic brain metastasis;
  • Can't cooperate with psychological scale assessment;
  • Cohort 3 (STRESS-LUNG-3):
  • Age ≥18 years ;
  • Pathologically diagnosed as non-small cell lung cancer;
  • Resectable clinical stage IB-IIIB based on AJCC TNM staging 8th edition;
  • At least one measurable lesion can be evaluated according to the RECIST 1.1 standard;
  • Systematic treatments naive ( e. g., chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic drugs, targeted drugs, and immunotherapy );
  • Receiving PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors combined with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy.
  • 6. Cardiopulmonary function can withstand surgery; 7. Informed and agreed to participate in the study;
  • Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-sensitizing mutation and/or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene and/or ROS proto-oncogene 1 (ROS1) fusion-positive;
  • Combined with other malignant tumors in the past 3 years;
  • Concurrent acute or chronic psychiatric disorders;
  • Current receiving anti-depressive or anti-anxiety therapy;
  • Previous treatment with other clinical drug trials;
  • Can't cooperate with psychological scale assessment;
  • Cohort 4 (STRESS-LUNG-4):
  • Age ≥18 years;
  • Pathologically diagnosed as non-small-cell lung cancer;
  • Pathologically stage conformed as early stage of IA-IIIA
  • Available for tumor tissue samples;
  • Systematic treatments naive ( e. g., chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic drugs, targeted drugs, and immunotherapy );
  • Receiving radical surgery;
  • Informed and agreed to participate in the study;
  • Combined with other malignant tumors in the past 3 years;
  • Concurrent acute or chronic psychiatric disorders;
  • Current receiving anti-depressive or anti-anxiety therapy;
  • Previous treatment with other clinical drug trials;
  • Can't cooperate with psychological scale assessment;

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Fang Wu, MD. PhD contact

+86 13574858332

wufang4461@csu.edu.cn

China1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Department of Oncology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

    Changsha, Hunan, 410011

    Fang Wu, MD, PhD, +86 13574858332, wufang4461@csu.edu.cn

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Cohort Studies of Associations of Psychological Stress With Therapy Efficacy and Prognosis of Lung Cancer, Including Non-small-cell Lung Cancer and Small-cell Lung Cancer With Early and Advanced Staging (STRESS-LUNG)

This is the prospective, observational cohort study (STRESS-LUNG) to explore the associations of psychological stress with progression, efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and prognosis of Lung Cancer. The participants including the patients diagnosed with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received the first-line therapy or neoadjuvant therapy of ICIs; patients diagnosed with advanced small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) receiving the first-line therapy ICIs; patients diagnosed with early small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) receiving surgery.

Read the detailed description

This is the prospective, observational cohort study (STRESS-LUNG) to explore the associations of psychological stress with progression, efficacy of ICIs and prognosis of Lung Cancer. This study will have 4 cohorts

  • Cohort 1 (STRESS-LUNG-1): A prospective, observational cohort study to explore the association between psychological stress and the efficacy of first-line treatment of ICIs in advanced NSCLC.
  • Cohort 2 (STRESS-LUNG-2): A prospective, observational cohort study to explore the association between psychological stress and the efficacy of first-line treatment of limited-stage and extensive-stage SCLC.
  • Cohort 3 (STRESS-LUNG-3): A prospective, observational cohort study to explore the association between psychological stress and the efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy of ICIs in resectable NSCLC.
  • Cohort 4 (STRESS-LUNG-4): A prospective, observational cohort study to explore the association of psychological stress with cancer progression, and Prognosis in early-stage NSCLC receiving radical surgery.
Being tested
Exposure: psychological stress status
Keywords
Lung cancer, Immune checkpoint inhibitors, Psychological stress, Cancer progression, Prognosis, Biomarker
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms, Stress, Psychological, Neoplasms, Second Primary, Disease Progression

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Exposure: psychological stress statusOther

    The assessment of depressive and anxiety symptoms was conducted using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment 7 (GAD-7). Patients with a PHQ-9 score ≥ 5 or a GAD-7 score ≥ 5 were categorized as the stressed group.

Study groups in NCT05477979
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Cohort 1: advanced NSCLC patients receiving first-line ICIs (STRESS-LUNG-1 study)For stage IIIB-IV patients with NSCLC who have received immune checkpoint inhibitors as first-line therapy.
Receives: Other: Exposure: psychological stress status
Cohort 2: limited-stage and extensive-stage SCLC patients receiving ICIs (STRESS-LUNG-2 study)For limited-stage and extensive-stage SCLC patients who have received immune checkpoint inhibitors
Receives: Other: Exposure: psychological stress status
Cohort 3: NSCLC patients receive neoadjuvant therapy of ICIs(STRESS-LUNG-3 study)For stage IB-IIIB patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have received neoadjuvant therapy of immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Receives: Other: Exposure: psychological stress status
Cohort 4: NSCLC patients receive radical resection (STRESS-LUNG-4 study))For early-stage patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have received radical resection.
Receives: Other: Exposure: psychological stress status

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Cohort 1 & 2: Progression-free survival (PFS)

    Time from the beginning of first-line immunotherapy to the first progression (PD) in patients with lung cancer

    Measured: 3 years

  2. Cohort 3: Pathologic complete response (pCR) rate

    pCR is no viable tumor cells in tumor bed and lymph nodes. The pCR rate is the proportion of patients with a pathologic complete response.

    Measured: 3 years

  3. Cohort 4: Disease-free survival (DFS)

    The duration between the date after surgery to the date of any recurrence or death firstly

    Measured: 5 years

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Overall survival (OS)

    Overall survival (OS) is defined as the duration from the beginning of first-line immunotherapy until death due to any cause. Subjects who are still alive at the end of the study observation period will be censored at the time of last known vital status.

    Measured: 5 years

  2. Quality of life

    Quality of life (QoL) is assessed longitude by Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) and EORTC QLQ-C30 (version.3).

    SF-36 includes 36 items and assesses the functional status and well-being on eight multi-item subscales. The total score on each SF-36 subscale ranges between 0 and 100. A greater score indicates better QoL.

    The EORTC QLQ-C30 is composed of 9 multi-item scales: 5 functioning scales (physical, role, cognitive, emotional, and social), a global QOL scale, and 3 symptom scales (fatigue, pain, and nausea/vomiting). All scales and single items are linearly transformed to an 0-100 scale. A higher score represents a better level of functioning.

    Measured: 5 years

  3. Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    The proportion of patients with a complete response or partial response to treatment according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.1)

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Jul 2022
  2. Study start1 Jun 2020
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2028 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
750 participants (estimated)
Target duration
5 Years
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05477979
Sponsor's protocol ID
XYEYY20220704
Status last verified
Feb 2025
First submitted
23 Jul 2022
Last updated
25 Feb 2025
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Zeng Y, Hu CH, Li YZ, Zhou JS, Wang SX, Liu MD, Qiu ZH, Deng C, Ma F, Xia CF, Liang F, Peng YR, Liang AX, Shi SH, Yao SJ, Liu JQ, Xiao WJ, Lin XQ, Tian XY, Zhang YZ, Tian ZY, Zou JA, Li YS, Xiao CY, Xu T, Zhang XJ, Wang XP, Liu XL, Wu F. Association between pretreatment emotional distress and immune checkpoint inhibitor response in non-small-cell lung cancer. Nat Med. 2024 Jun;30(6):1680-1688. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-02929-4. Epub 2024 May 13.

    PubMed 38740994

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Lung Cancer and Psychological Stress, run by Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 49 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Feb 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Fang Wu, MD. PhD (+86 13574858332, wufang4461@csu.edu.cn), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Cohort 1 & 2: Progression-free survival (PFS) (time frame: 3 years). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05477979, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 Feb 2025.

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