Cancer-related Fatigue During Maintenance Immunotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): a Qualitative Study
The purpose of this research is to understand cancer related fatigue in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), who are being treated with an immune checkpoint inhibitor.
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Checked against the public recordLast updated Aug 10, 2026 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
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Observational
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Study sponsor
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Not specified
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Interventions being studied
- Behavioral: Interviews
How this study is categorized
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Who may be able to participate
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- ≥ 18 years of age at the time of consent.
- Must be able to speak, read, and understand English.
- Participants diagnosed with NSCLC, and:
- have advanced/metastatic disease who are currently receiving immunotherapy monotherapy, or
- have locally advanced disease who are currently receiving immunotherapy monotherapy after completing thoracic radiation therapy, or
- who underwent resection and are currently receiving immunotherapy monotherapy after completing all other perioperative treatment
- Immunotherapy planned to continue for at least three months after the time of study enrollment (to ensure participant remains on IO long enough to obtain study assessments)
- Have completed at least two cycles of immunotherapy.
- Self-reported cancer-related fatigued that impacts daily function.
- Participants who have received a dose of chemotherapy (including maintenance pemetrexed) within the past 3 months
- Participants who have received radiation therapy within the past 3 months. Note: a short course of palliative radiation therapy within up to 20 Gy and up to 5 fractions is permissible.
- Diagnosis of dementia.
- Anemia Hgb \<10 g/dL.
- Sarcopenia which is being pharmacologically treated with a prescribed appetite stimulant (e.g., megestrol).
- Untreated hypothyroidism.
- Symptomatic heart failure.
- Oxygen dependent lung disease.
- Cognitively unable to complete interviews per investigator.
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- Atrium Health Levine CancerCharlotte, North Carolina
- Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer CenterWinston-Salem, North Carolina
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