Breathprinting (E-Nose) Technology to Measure Response to Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) Through MPM-Specific Volatile Organic Compounds Detected in Exhalates

Summary

The researchers are doing this study to test the ability of a new technology called breathprinting, or electronic nose (E-Nose), to measure how people respond to standard treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). The researchers will study how E-Nose breathprints change over time as people receive standard treatment for MPM. They will also look at how changes in people's E-Nose breathprints compare to changes in their standard imaging scans and in biomarkers of MPM in their blood.

Eligibility

Age range

30–85 years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Diagnostic Test
  E-Nose testing

  At baseline (before any treatment is administered) approximately when the patient is scheduled for a CT of the Chest and/or PET/CT after initiation of any treatment, as medically permissible and at the PI's discretion. A breath sample from each patient will be captured in a cartridge, which will form the basis for the E-Nose analysis, to be performed by study investigators at UCB.

• Diagnostic Test
  Research blood

  Research blood tests will be obtained at baseline and the first three standard of care follow up visits, scheduled by their treating physician along with a CT of the Chest and/or PET/CT1 to determine whether serum biomarkers of MPM.

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