# The Safety and Feasibility of Costal Bone Marrow Aspiration During Thoracic Surgery

> **NCT05251805** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel** · enrollment: 4 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Blood, bone marrow and lung tumor tissue collection

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05251805
- **Lead sponsor:** Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2023-03-20
- **Primary completion:** 2023-07-22
- **Final completion:** 2024-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 4 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Initial observations suggest challenges in performing bone marrow aspiration in the first few patients enrolled in the study.
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-08


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05251805

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05251805, "The Safety and Feasibility of Costal Bone Marrow Aspiration During Thoracic Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05251805. Licensed CC0.

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