6,000
Participants
Start Date
June 30, 1996
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2050
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2050
Biopsy of the major carinal area
Biopsy performed intraoperatively
Biopsy of abnormal & suspicious areas of the bronchial tree
Biopsy performed intraoperatively
Evaluation of the tumor for DNA mutations
Tumor tissue is banked for future analysis.
Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) for cytokine analysis
BAL performed intraoperatively
Correlation of flow cytometric & RT PCR for TNM stage
Tissues banked for future correlative studies
Analysis of lymph nodes
Tissues banked for future analysis
RECRUITING
Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH
University of Pittsburgh
OTHER