Educating Smokers About Lung Cancer Screening Using Tobacco Quitlines
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Educational Intervention, Educational Intervention, Questionnaire Administration, Survey Administration.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Lung Carcinoma. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This implementation study will examine the best ways to refer heavy smokers to information about lung cancer screening.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To increase the number of smokers eligible for lung cancer screening (LCS) who receive high-quality educational materials about LCS through tobacco quitlines.
OUTLINE:
CALL CENTER STAFF: Participants undergo training consisting of a 60-minute educational session.
CALLERS SUBSTUDY: 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
- Other Educational Intervention
Undergo training consisting of a 60-minute educational session - Other Educational Intervention
Receive lung cancer screening educational materials - Other Questionnaire Administration
Complete questionnaire - Other Survey Administration
Ancillary studies
Primary outcome measures
- 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]
Eligibility criteria
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
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Sequential
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston
Identifiers
NCT: NCT04595422 · 2020-0013 · NCI-2020-03812 · 2020-0013