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NCT Number: NCT07168993

Evaluate the Clinical Performance of the Flow Cytometry - FlowPath Lung Test as a Sensitive and Specific Non-invasive Diagnostic of Sputum Samples to Identify/Detect the Presence of Lung Cancer in High-risk Individuals Who Have Existing Lung Nodules, 6 to <30 mm in Diameter, Determined by LDCT.

Evaluate FlowPath Lung Diagnostic Test of Sputum Samples to Detect the Presence of Lung Cancer in High-risk Individuals Who Have Existing Lung Nodules, >6 to <30 mm in Diameter, Determined by LDCT.

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Key information

Age range

50 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States

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About this study

Evaluate the Clinical Performance of the Flow Cytometry - FlowPath Lung Test as a Sensitive and Specific Non-invasive Diagnostic of Sputum Samples to Identify/Detect the Presence of Lung Cancer in High-risk Individuals Who Have Existing Lung Nodules, >6 to <30 mm in Diameter, Determined by LDCT.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Is able to give signed informed consent and comply with study requirements.
  • Is high risk for getting lung cancer:
  • ≥50 - 80 years of age.
  • current smoker with smoking history of at least 20 pack-years or current non-smoker with smoking history of at least 20 pack-years who quit smoking within the past 15 years.
  • Has a >6 to <30 mm diameter lung nodule (found by lung cancer screening or found incidentally by CT scan) as determined by CT and is willing to provide a sputum sample for FlowPath Lung test within 6 weeks of the prestudy baseline CT scan.

3a) Nodule is either new, increasing, or stable for ≤ 6 months. 3b) In cases where a person has multiple nodules as determined by CT scan, the subject's most suspicious nodule is >6 to <30 mm in diameter.

  • Is willing to provide contact information to the study PI or the treating physician(s) who can release required medical information related to SOC follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

  • Is unable to cough with sufficient exertion to produce a sputum sample (e.g., due to severe obstructive lung disease).
  • The dominant nodule is ground glass or part solid as determined by CT scan.
  • Has 5 or more nodules sized >4 mm.
  • The nodule sized >6 to <30 mm in diameter is a distal (subsegmental) endobronchial nodule or a perifissural nodule.
  • Is immunosuppressed.
  • Has rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Had lung cancer diagnosis in the past 5 years or any other cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer) in the past 2 years. A subject on long-term medications used for prevention of cancer, such as Tamoxifen for breast cancer, is not excluded.
  • Has angina with minimal exertion.
  • Is currently pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant during this study.

Treatment and study plan

Standard Medical Treatment

Other

Standard of care follow up per institution

Other names: Standard of care follow up per institution

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluate FlowPath Lung Test Detection of Early-Stage Lung Cancer in Sputum

    Time frame: From Baseline Sputum Sample provided by subject through 24 months follow up period.

    Evaluate the clinical performance (positive percent agreement [PPA/sensitivity] and negative percent agreement [NPA/specificity]) of the FlowPath Lung test in predicting lung cancer from the sputum of high-risk individuals with lung nodules

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Stacy K Stanek

CONTACT

[email protected]

612-716-7666

Xavier T Reveles, MS, CG(ASCP)

CONTACT

[email protected]

210-698-5334

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

bioAffinity Technologies Inc.

Industry

Collaborators

  • HiRO (Harvest Integrated Research Organization)
  • Precision Pathology Laboratory Services (PPLS)

Registry information

Official study title

Detection of Early-Stage Lung Cancer in Sputum Using Flow Cytometry and an Automated Analysis Pipeline

Acronym: BA-004

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2029
Study completion
2029
First posted
Sep 11, 2025
Registry last updated
Jul 16, 2026

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