Recruiting

Lung Cancer Screening

Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Code:

NCT04595422

Conditions

Lung Carcinoma

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Educational Intervention

Educational Intervention

Questionnaire Administration

Survey Administration

Study Details

Brief summary:

This implementation study will examine the best ways to refer heavy smokers to information about lung cancer screening.

Conditions

Lung Carcinoma

Study ID

NCT04595422

Start date

Jul 2, 2020

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Oct 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • QUITLINE CALL CENTER STAFF
  • Staff member of a quitline
  • Aged 18 years and above
  • CALLERS (SMOKERS WHO CONTACT THE QUITLINE ABOUT SMOKING CESSATION SERVICES) INCLUSION CRITERIA
  • Callers 55-80 years of age
  • Current smoker, or former smoker with a cessation history of < 15 years
  • >= 30 pack-year smoking history
  • English-speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • CALLERS (SMOKERS WHO CONTACT THE QUITLINE ABOUT SMOKING CESSATION SERVICES) EXCLUSION CRITERIA
  • History of lung cancer by self-report

Study Design

Enrollment

800 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Sequential

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Call center staff (educational intervention)

Participants undergo training consisting of a 60-minute educational session.

experimental: Callers substudy (LCS educational materials, questionnaire)

Participants are referred to lung cancer screening educational materials. Participants also complete questionnaires at 1 week and 6 months after referral to educational materials.

Interventions

Educational Intervention

Undergo training consisting of a 60-minute educational session

Educational Intervention

Receive lung cancer screening educational materials

Questionnaire Administration

Complete questionnaire

Survey Administration

Ancillary studies

Primary outcome measure

  • Content from communications (email, phone, monthly calls) [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years ]
  • Healthcare sector perspective [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years ]
  • Reach [ Time Frame: During 6 month implementation period ]
  • Overall lung cancer screening rate [ Time Frame: Up to 6 months ]
  • Effectiveness (Caller Substudy) [ Time Frame: Up to 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Robert J. Volk

713-563-0020bvolk@mdanderson.org

Locations

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Robert J. Volk

713-563-0020

Principal Investigator:

Robert J. Volk

More Information

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Last update posted

Apr 16, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on 2026-04-16.