Biobank for the Identification of Biomarkers in Lung Cancer (BIRD, Biomarkers in Respiratory Disease)

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. In France, lung cancer is a common cancer (fourth cause of cancer) with 49,000 new cases diagnosed each year and nearly 29,000 deaths per year.

New therapies (targeted therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors) are now available and improve patient care. However, their prescription is based on the molecular analysis of the biopsies which are often of very small size, sometimes performed on lesions that are difficult to access, requiring invasive sampling that are difficult to repeat over time.

Identifying biomarkers via different fluids that are easier to access (blood, bronchiolo-alveolar lavage, etc.) therefore is strongly needed to improve screening and diagnosis and to optimize treatment.

The objectives of this biobank are:

To identify diagnostic, theragnostic, prognostic or therapeutic biomarkers in early and advanced stage lung cancer.

To evaluate the prevalence of lung cancer and identify predictive biomarkers for malignancy in patients with lung nodule(s).

To test the feasibility and diagnostic yield of the detection of known biomarkers in non or less invasive biological specimens (blood, urine, other) and analyse the concordance with tissue biopsy.

To identify mechanisms of oncogenesis and identify new molecular targets for anticancer treatment using genomics, transcriptomics or proteomics.

After informed consent, clinical data and biological samples will be collected up to 15 years, at the inclusion of the patients in the cohort, and at each monitoring programmed in their usual care. Up to 10 different biological fluids (blood (up to 55 ml), bronchoalveolar lavage, mediastinal node or mass, or peripheral nodule aspiration supernatant, urine, pleural fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, saliva, nasal swamp, stool) will be obtained depending on the case.

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with 1 to 3 lung nodules including one > 1 cm seen on chest CT
• OR: patients with suspected lung cancer requiring diagnostic and/or therapeutic bronchial endoscopy
• OR: Patient with histologically confirmed lung cancer, whether early stages prior to surgery, locally advanced or metastatic, included before the start of any anti-cancer treatment.
• Patient affiliated or beneficiary of a social security scheme
• Patients who are able to receive and understand information about the study and their participation and who have freely given their signed inform consent before any collection of samples or data necessary for the research (no restriction of rights by the judicial authorities and knowledge of the French language).

Exclusion criteria

• Patient deprived of liberty on administrative or judicial decision, or patient under guardianship, curators or safeguard of justice
• Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding