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Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8: early-phase trial registry

17 of 41 indexed Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #357 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

41 US clinical trials · 17 currently recruiting · #357 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8: 41 US clinical trials tracked, 17 recruiting.

Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 is the subject of 41 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 17 of them currently open to new participants. 3 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 27 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, running 11 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition stage-iii-lung-cancer-ajcc-v8

OPEN 17 | RECR 41% | LATE 3 | EARLY 27 | RANK #357 | SPON 11

Nearest open-share peer: Glaucoma (41% recruiting · 94 trials)

Gastroesophageal Junction Ad58.5%Depression, Anxiety51.2%Stage III Lung Cancer AJ (th…41%Dyslipidemia17.1%Acute Coronary Syndrome14.6%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 lists 17 open slots (41% of 41 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 recruits in line with its size-band peers.

    17 of 41 indexed trials (41.5%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 research.

    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center accounts for 11 of 41 trials (26.8%). 15 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 47 among the 41 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 32 of those (78%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 research is mostly interventional.

    40 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (97.6% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 115Phase 212Phase 33

Open and recent trials

41 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 500 participants

Evaluation of Anti-PD-1 Therapy by Monitoring T Cell Responses in Melanoma, Lung and Other Cancer Types

Mayo Clinic

NCT06075524

RECRUITING Phase 3 474 participants

Testing the Addition of High Dose, Targeted Radiation to the Usual Treatment for Locally-Advanced Inoperable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NRG Oncology

NCT05624996

RECRUITING NA 180 participants

Evaluation of Geriatric Assessment and Management for Older Adults With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy Radiation Therapy

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT06139627

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Cardiovascular Injury and Cardiac Fitness in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Model Based Personalized Chemoradiation

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT05010109

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

The Impact of Surgical Technique on Circulating Tumor DNA in Stage I-III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Thomas Jefferson University

NCT05502523

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

A Tool for Improving the Shared Decision-making Process in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Mayo Clinic

NCT06122064

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

New York Better Breathing Study

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT06869447

RECRUITING Phase 2 51 participants

Local Consolidative Therapy and Durvalumab for Oligoprogressive and Polyprogressive Stage III NSCLC After Chemoradiation and Anti-PD-L1 Therapy

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04892953

RECRUITING Phase 2 50 participants

Defactinib, Avutometinib and Nivolumab for the Treatment of Anti-PD1 Refractory LKB1-Mutant Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Emory University

NCT06495125

RECRUITING Phase 2 50 participants

Canakinumab for the Prevention of Lung Cancer, the Can-Prevent-Lung Trial

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04789681

RECRUITING Phase 2 42 participants

Testing the Addition of an Anti-Cancer Drug, TRC102, to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Pemetrexed, Cisplatin or Carboplatin) During Radiation Therapy for Stage III Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05198830

RECRUITING Phase 1 37 participants

Sotorasib in Combination With Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for the Treatment of Locally Advanced and Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With a KRAS G12C Mutation

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT07012031

RECRUITING NA 34 participants

Adaptive Radiation Planning for the Reduction of Radiation-Induced Toxicity in Patients With Stage II-IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

NCT04751747

RECRUITING Phase 2 28 participants

GT103 in Combination With Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic STK11 Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT07017829

RECRUITING Phase 1 28 participants

Papaverine in Combination With Chemoradiation for the Treatment of Stage II-III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT05136846

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

Diclofenac for the Treatment of Patients With Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer on Single Agent Immunotherapy

Emory University

NCT06731270

RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

Carfilzomib in Combination With Sotorasib for the Treatment of Patients With KRAS G12C Mutated Advanced or Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT06249282

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 660 participants

Testing the Addition of an Antibody to Standard Chemoradiation Followed by the Antibody for One Year to Standard Chemoradiation Followed by One Year of the Antibody in Patients With Unresectable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04092283

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 544 participants

Testing the Addition of a New Immunotherapy Drug, Atezolizumab (MPDL3280A), to the Usual Chemoradiation (CRT) Therapy Treatment for Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (LS-SCLC)

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03811002

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 98 participants

Decision Aid for the Improvement of Decision-Making in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

NCT04946279

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 82 participants

Testing the Use of Combination Immunotherapy Treatment (N-803 [ALT-803] Plus Pembrolizumab) Against the Usual Treatment for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (A Lung-MAP Treatment Trial)

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT05096663

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 70 participants

Online Psychosocial Intervention in Improving Social Well-Being and Support in Women With Stage I-IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Undergoing Treatment

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03731585

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 66 participants

M6620 and Irinotecan Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors That Are Metastatic or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02595931

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 59 participants

Niraparib, Temozolomide and Atezolizumab in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors and Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer With a Complete or Partial Response to Platinum-Based First-Line Chemotherapy

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT03830918

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 51 participants

CIMAvax Vaccine, Nivolumab, and Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer or Squamous Head and Neck Cancer

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT02955290

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 50 participants

Single Fraction Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy After Surgery in Treating Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT04073745

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 48 participants

Niraparib and Dostarlimab for the Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer and Other High-Grade Neuroendocrine Carcinomas

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04701307

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 47 participants

Study of Radiation Therapy Followed by Atezolizumab in Stage II or III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04310020

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 42 participants

A Nurse-Led Intervention for Fear of Progression in Advanced Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT04819997

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 39 participants

Danvatirsen and Durvalumab in Treating Patients With Advanced and Refractory Pancreatic, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, and Mismatch Repair Deficient Colorectal Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02983578

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 37 participants

Trametinib and Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Recurrent Non-small Cell Lung Cancer That Is Metastatic, Unresectable, or Locally Advanced

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03225664

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 34 participants

NBTXR3 and Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Inoperable Recurrent Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04505267

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 32 participants

Aurora Kinase Inhibitor LY3295668 in Combination With Osimertinib for the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic EGFR-Mutant Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT05017025

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 28 participants

Testing the Addition of an Anti-cancer Drug, BAY 1895344, to Usual Chemotherapy for Advanced Stage Solid Tumors, With a Specific Focus on Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer, Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Cancer, and Pancreatic Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04514497

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 25 participants

Anamorelin Hydrochloride in Reducing Anorexia in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03637816

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 21 participants

Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Combination With Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage 2-3 Non-small Lung Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04013542

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 8 participants

Minnelide and Osimertinib for the Treatment of Advanced EGFR Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT05166616

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 6 participants

Genetically Engineered Natural Killer (NK) Cells With or Without Atezolizumab for the Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Previously Treated With PD-1 and/or PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

University of California, Irvine

NCT05334329

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 5 participants

Brigatinib and Bevacizumab for the Treatment of ALK-Rearranged Locally Advanced, Metastatic, or Recurrent NSCLC

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT04227028

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 5 participants

Subcutaneous Atezolizumab for the Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

University of Southern California

NCT05340309

COMPLETED NA 38 participants

Conquer Fear SUPPORT Intervention in Supporting Patients With Stage III-IV Lung or Gynecologic Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT03776253

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 15
Phase 2 12
Phase 3 3

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Biospecimen Collection Procedure
15 trials
Computed Tomography Procedure
12 trials
Questionnaire Administration Other
7 trials
Durvalumab Biological
6 trials
Carboplatin Drug
6 trials
Electronic Health Record Review Other
4 trials
Biopsy Procedure
4 trials
Cisplatin Drug
4 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 17 trials
Texas 11 trials
New York 6 trials
Florida 5 trials
Arizona 5 trials
Arkansas 5 trials
Alabama 4 trials
Ohio 3 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 page

41 registered trials, 17 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8 condition card totals 41 registered trials; most-linked intervention Biospecimen Collection; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.