Comparing two ways to find a small lung nodule during surgery
Part of Cancer, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study compares two ways of marking a small lung nodule before surgery to remove it. One method uses a CT scan to guide a needle into the lung before surgery, and the other method finds the nodule during the operation itself. The goal is to see which method is safer and more accurate.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have a lung nodule between 0.8 cm and 2 cm (about the size of a pea to a grape).
- The nodule is on the outer edge of your lung, not deep in the center.
- The nodule is not mostly a 'ground-glass' shadow—it has some solid part.
- You are between 18 and 80 years old.
- You are willing to have a type of lung surgery called VATS sublobar resection.
- You are not pregnant and are not in another clinical study.
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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