Advancing Lung Cancer Screening One Text at a Time
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: Text messaging program, Educational material.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Lung Cancer Screening. Basic parameters: 50 years — 80 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
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of text messaging to promote lung cancer screening.
Detailed description
We will conduct a two-arm pilot randomized controlled trial with 40 adults. Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either UR Screened (a text messaging program designed to promote lung cancer screening) or a control group (a mailed educational material along with a flyer for the lung cancer screening program). We will assess recruitment and follow-up rates, satisfaction with the program or educational material, and uptake of lung cancer screening at week 12. Additionally, we will compare screening rates between the intervention and control groups.
Interventions
- Behavioral Text messaging program
A text messaging program designed to promote lung cancer screening - Behavioral Educational material
A mailed educational material along with a flyer for the lung cancer screening program
Primary outcome measures
- Percent of Participants Who Undergo Lung Cancer Screening [Time frame: Month 3]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 50 to 80 years old
- have not completed their annual screening for lung cancer
- have a 20 pack-year smoking history
- currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years
- speak English and/or Spanish
- have a functioning cellphone number with unlimited text messaging capacity
- be willing to complete a baseline and a follow-up (at Month 3) survey
Exclusion criteria
- being up-to-date on their annual lung cancer screening
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Screening
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of Rochester Medical Center — Rochester
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07227480 · STUDY00010975