Clinical trial · Observational
DREAM: Double Lung Transplant REgistry Aimed for Lung-limited Malignancies
Double Lung Transplant REgistry Aimed for Lung-limited Malignancies (DREAM) - a Prospective Observational Registry Study for Patients Undergoing Lung Transplantation for Medically Refractory Cancers Confined to the Lungs
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
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- Sep 8, 2026
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- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a prospective observational registration trial for patients who undergo lung transplantation for the treatment of the select groups of medically refractory cancers affecting the lungs alone without extrapulmonary nodal and distant metastasis.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilateral Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Lung Transplant | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Lung Transplantation | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
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- Cohort A: Primary lung cancers
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- \- Examples include invasive mucinous/non-mucinous non-small cell lung cancers and multifocal carcinomas
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- Procedure: Double Lung Transplantation
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- Cohort B: Metastatic cancers to the lung only
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- \- Examples include germ cell tumors, head \& neck tumors, colorectal tumors, renal cell tumors
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- Procedure: Double Lung Transplantation
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- Cohort C: Respiratory failure with a history of cancer in the last 5 years
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- \- Examples include, but not limited to interstitial lung disease (ILD), pulmonary fibrosis (idiopathic or secondary), advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, emphysema, cystic fibrosis (CF), emphysema due to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Any patient who is undergoing double lung transplantation as part of the clinical program, consents for this prospective observational trial, and has one of the following conditions will be eligible. * Common Inclusion Criteria * Adults of Age ≦ 80 * Resistant or refractory to or without available standard of care treatment options or experimental treatment options that are known to increase survival outcome * Patients without any extrapulmonary disease * Patients with good general health with an ability to withstand physiologic stressors and undergo psychosocial evaluation by the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) or other assessment tools * Patients to meet all other criteria for lung transplantation including insurance approval and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) registration Inclusion Criteria for Cohort A * Histologically confirmed selected lung non-small cell lung cancer including but not limited to: o according to the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)/American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) classification \- Lepidic dominant pattern * Adenocarcinoma in situ * Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma * Non mucinous lepidic predominant invasive adenocarcinoma o based on 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lung tumors including \- Invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma * Mixed invasive mucinous and mucinous adenocarcinoma * Colloid adenocarcinoma * Enteric adenocarcinoma * Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma * Nonmucinous * Mucinous \- Preinvasive lesions * Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia * Adenocarcinoma in situ * Nonmucinous * Mucinous * based on the 2004 WHO classification of lung tumors including - Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma * Nonmucinous * Mucinous * Mixed nonmucinous and mucinous or indeterminate * Without any distant metastasis confirmed by standard staging work-up * Without brain metastasis confirmed by brain imaging * Without unidentified primary site of cancer Inclusion Criteria for Cohort B * Metastatic cancers to lung alone - including but not limited to germ cell tumors, head \& neck tumors, colorectal tumors, renal cell tumors, testicular cancer * Without any other distant metastasis confirmed by standard staging work-up Inclusion Criteria for Cohort C * Respiratory failure with a history of cancer in the last 5 years - including, but not limited to interstitial lung disease (ILD), pulmonary fibrosis (idiopathic or secondary), advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, emphysema, cystic fibrosis (CF), emphysema due to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) * Without any other distant metastasis confirmed by standard staging work-up Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria * Adults unable or unwilling to consent * Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers) * Pregnant women * Prisoners * Vulnerable Populations * Presence of extrapulmonary disease or mediastinal nodal disease at the time of transplant referral * Small Cell Cancers * Unidentified primary site of cancer for Cohort A * Progression of disease or confirmed distant metastases or mediastinal nodal disease at any point during transplantation work-up * Medical ineligibility for lung transplantation after multidisciplinary assessment * Not a suitable candidate according to the lung transplantation protocol for treatment of lung confined primary or metastatic tumors * Body mass index more than 35 kg/m2 * Evidence of co-existing malignancies for Cohort A * Untreatable significant dysfunction of another major organ system including heart, liver, kidney, or brain unless combined organ transplantation can be performed * Uncorrected atherosclerotic disease with suspected or confirmed end-organ ischemia or dysfunction and/or coronary artery disease not amenable to revascularization * Uncorrectable bleeding diathesis * Evidence of active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection * Significant chest wall or spinal deformity expected to cause severe restriction after transplantation
References
Publications (13)
- BACKGROUNDBharat A, Machuca TN, Querrey M, Kurihara C, Garza-Castillon R Jr, Kim S, Manerikar A, Pelaez A, Pipkin M, Shahmohammadi A, Rackauskas M, Kg SR, Balakrishnan KR, Jindal A, Schaheen L, Hashimi S, Buddhdev B, Arjuna A, Rosso L, Palleschi A, Lang C, Jaksch P, Budinger GRS, Nosotti M, Hoetzenecker K. Early outcomes after lung transplantation for severe COVID-19: a series of the first consecutive cases from four countries. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 May;9(5):487-497. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00077-1. Epub 2021 Mar 31. PMID 33811829
- BACKGROUNDVan Raemdonck D, Vos R, Yserbyt J, Decaluwe H, De Leyn P, Verleden GM. Lung cancer: a rare indication for, but frequent complication after lung transplantation. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Nov;8(Suppl 11):S915-S924. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.11.05. PMID 27942415
- BACKGROUNDGlanville AR, Wilson BE. Lung transplantation for non-small cell lung cancer and multifocal bronchioalveolar cell carcinoma. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Jul;19(7):e351-e358. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30297-3. Epub 2018 Jun 29. PMID 30084382
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- BACKGROUNDGrover FL, Piantadosi S. Recurrence and survival following resection of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the lung--The Lung Cancer Study Group experience. Ann Surg. 1989 Jun;209(6):779-90. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198906000-00016. PMID 2543339
- BACKGROUNDAhmad U, Wang Z, Bryant AS, Kim AW, Kukreja J, Mason DP, Bermudez CA, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ. Outcomes for lung transplantation for lung cancer in the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Sep;94(3):935-40; discussion 940-1. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.069. Epub 2012 Jul 25.