Fasting-mimicking diet with immunotherapy for advanced lung cancer
Part of Cancer, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study combines a special periodic diet that mimics fasting with the standard immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The goal is to see if the diet can help the immunotherapy work better.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 or older
- You have stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (advanced, has spread) and plan to start standard immunotherapy (pembrolizumab alone)
- Your body mass index (BMI) is at least 19
- You have not lost more than 10% of your body weight in the past 6 weeks
- You do not have diabetes or a history of low blood sugar
- You are not taking immune-suppressing drugs (like high-dose steroids or transplant medications)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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