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Lung CancerPhase 3NCT00420862

The DANTE Trial. A Randomized Study on Lung Cancer Screening With Low-Dose Spiral Computed Tomography

A Phase 3 study testing Spiral Computed Tomography in people with Lung Cancer, run by Istituto Clinico Humanitas at 1 site in Italy.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

High survival rates have been reported for screen-detected Stage I lung cancer patients, but there are concerns about the potential biases of uncontrolled studies. DANTE is a prospective randomized controlled trial exploring the effects of screening with LDCT on lung-cancer-specific mortality, and on the prevalence… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 60 to 74 years, men onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
Spiral Computed Tomography
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
2,400 participants
Where
1 siteItaly
Study dates
Jun 2001to Feb 2010
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 60 to 74 years
  • Men only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Male sex
  • Age 60-74 years
  • smokers of more than 20 cigarettes/day for at least 20 years (actual smokers or ex-smokers from no more than 10 years)

Who cannot join

  • severe cardiopathy
  • advanced BPCO with chronic hypoxaemia (rest SatO2 < 94%)
  • chronic severe renal insufficiency
  • hypertension not controlled with drugs
  • type 2 diabetes or other severe systemic disease
  • severe previous cerebrovascular lesions with permanent invalidity (not self-sufficient).
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  • severe vascular lesions with repeated ictus, trophic lesions, or limb loss, if actual smoker
  • Dementia, psychosis, severe depression or maniac-depressive syndrome
  • actual or precedent neoplasia, excepted skin tumor not-melanoma or scaly cells laryngeal and buccal cavity tumor, N0, recovered from more than 10 years or other tumors recovered from more than 10 years
  • transplantation less than 5 years or with rejection episodes in the last 2 years
  • unable subjects

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Italy1 site
  • Istituto Clinico Humanitas

    Rozzano, MI, 20089

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About this study

High survival rates have been reported for screen-detected Stage I lung cancer patients, but there are concerns about the potential biases of uncontrolled studies. DANTE is a prospective randomized controlled trial exploring the effects of screening with LDCT on lung-cancer-specific mortality, and on the prevalence and incidence rates of lung cancer, stage distribution and resectability rates in a selected high-risk population. The prevalence of a set of biomarkers in sputum and blood samples is also being determined.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Being tested
Spiral Computed Tomography
Keywords
Lung neoplasms, Early diagnosis, Screening, Spiral Computed Tomography, Randomized Controlled Trial
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms, Disease

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Spiral Computed TomographyProcedure or surgery

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Jan 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2001
  3. Study completionFeb 2010

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
2,400 participants
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00420862
Sponsor's protocol ID
DANTE
Status last verified
Jan 2007
First submitted
10 Jan 2007
Last updated
11 Jan 2007
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Infante M, Lutman FR, Cavuto S, Brambilla G, Chiesa G, Passera E, Angeli E, Chiarenza M, Aranzulla G, Cariboni U, Alloisio M, Incarbone M, Testori A, Destro A, Cappuzzo F, Roncalli M, Santoro A, Ravasi G; DANTE Study Group. Lung cancer screening with spiral CT: baseline results of the randomized DANTE trial. Lung Cancer. 2008 Mar;59(3):355-63. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.08.040. Epub 2007 Oct 23.

    PubMed 17936405

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Spiral Computed Tomography in people with Lung Cancer, run by Istituto Clinico Humanitas at 1 site in Italy.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 11 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Jan 2007. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Italy. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early. Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00420862, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Jan 2007.

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