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Lung CancerNCT04007458

Maine Lung Cancer Coalition: Using CHWs for the Annual Lung Cancer Screening Reminder

A study testing Letter and Community Health Worker Phone Call in people with Lung Cancer, run by Anne Conners at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This research study will test whether support from a Community Health Worker (CHW) to address barriers to annual LDCT screening will result in an increased number of patients who receive the annual screening as per the recommended standard of care compared to passive outreach using a reminder letter. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 55 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
Letter and Community Health Worker Phone Call
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
396 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
16 Jul 2019to 16 Dec 2019
Phase
Interventional
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 55 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 30 or more pack years of tobacco use
  • If no longer using tobacco, no more than 15 years since last use
  • At least 13 months since last low dose CT scan screening

Who cannot join

  • Development of serious medical condition that would preclude treatment of lung cancer if found
  • Death since baseline screen

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • MaineGeneral Medical Center

    Augusta, Maine, 04330

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About this study

This research study will test whether support from a Community Health Worker (CHW) to address barriers to annual LDCT screening will result in an increased number of patients who receive the annual screening as per the recommended standard of care compared to passive outreach using a reminder letter.

Read the detailed description

This research study is a randomized controlled trial comparing phone outreach by a trained Community Health Worker (CHW) following a reminder letter to the reminder letter alone for patients who are at least a month overdue to have a routine annual low dose CT scan (LDCT) screening for lung cancer. CHWs will be able to identify and address barriers to accessing screening for those patients randomized to that arm of the study. Outcomes that will be measured include scheduling and completing the LDCT as well as agreeing to a referral for tobacco treatment.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Being tested
Letter, Community Health Worker Phone Call
Keywords
Screening
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • LetterBehavioural

    MaineGeneral Radiology will generate a reminder letter about their need for an annual low dose CT scan to the subjects in this arm.

  • Community Health Worker Phone CallBehavioural

    Patients will receive a phone call from community health worker, offering to help them overcome barriers to repeat annual screening and offering to help them schedule their screening.

Study groups in NCT04007458
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
LetterActive comparatorPatients will receive a letter reminding them that they are overdue for repeat annual screening.
Receives: Behavioral: Letter
Community Health Worker phone callExperimentalPatients will receive a phone call from community health worker, offering to help them overcome barriers to repeat annual screening and offering to help them schedule their screening.
Receives: Behavioral: Community Health Worker Phone Call

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Completed low dose CT scan

    Percentage of patients who receive low dose CT scan within 3 months of the date on which they were initially contacted by letter

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Scheduled low dose CT scan

    Percentage of patients who schedule a low dose CT scan within 3 months of the date on which they were initially contacted by letter

    Measured: through study completion, an average of one year

  2. Tobacco counseling

    Percentage of current smokers in the CHW phone call arm who receive counseling about tobacco treatment

    Measured: through study completion, an average of one year

  3. Maine Tobacco Helpline Referral

    Percentage of current smokers in the CHW phone call arm who accept referral to Maine Tobacco Helpline

    Measured: trhough study compeltion, an average of one year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted5 Jul 2019
  2. Study start16 Jul 2019
  3. Primary completion16 Dec 2019
  4. Study completion16 Dec 2019

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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 N/A
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Eligible patients will be randomly assigned to one of the following two groups: 1\. Control Group: o Annual reminder letter only 1. Intervention Group: 2. Annual reminder letter and Community Health Worker proactive outreach
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
396 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04007458
Sponsor's protocol ID
1419555
Status last verified
Nov 2020
First submitted
1 Jul 2019
Last updated
30 Nov 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Letter and Community Health Worker Phone Call in people with Lung Cancer, run by Anne Conners at 1 site in United States.

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 2 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Nov 2020. 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 United States. 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.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Completed low dose CT scan (time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 30 Nov 2020.

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