🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2025-10-28

Biology of Young Lung Cancer Study: The YOUNG LUNG Study (NCT05265429)

🟢 Recruiting Interventional Protocol 📊 Observational Clinical Research Sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

The purpose of this research study is to learn more about lung cancer (NSCLC or SCLC) diagnosed in adults at ages 45 or younger.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (5 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (4 items).

Location: Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts

Age range: 15 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

  • Data and Specimen Collection (GENETIC)

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Individuals who decline to sign consent
  • Individuals who are unable to give consent or assent and are without a designated healthcare proxy
  • Compromise of patient diagnosis or staging if tissue is used for research

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (4 Sites)

  • Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (617) 632-6036

Email: Pasi_Janne@dfci.harvard.edu

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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