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Lung Cancer Screening in High-risk Black Individuals

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Evaluating the Feasibility of Lung Cancer Screening in High-risk Black Individuals

Who can join

Ages 50 to 80 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-identified Black individual.
* Have a self-reported history of smoking. No restriction will be placed on the number of smoking pack years participants must have nor the number of years former smokers must have quit smoking.
* Aged 50-80 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals with a history of lung cancer.
* Individuals with symptoms suggestive of lung cancer. We will evaluate whether individuals have symptoms suggestive of lung cancer by administering an online screening questionnaire, which will ask whether they have experienced shortness of breath, whether they become easily winded, and whether they have had a chronic cough within the last 12 weeks that has not improved. Individuals who select that they have any one of these symptoms will be advised to follow up with their primary doctor and will not be eligible to participate in the study.
* Individuals with pneumonia or acute respiratory infection within 12 weeks prior to enrollment that was treated with antibiotics.

About the study

The goal of this research study is to study U.S. Black individuals with a history of smoking to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and performance of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening among this population.

The name of the intervention used in this research study is:

Low-dose computed tomography (radiologic scan) chest scan

What is being tested

Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Participants: 900 · Started: Sep 6, 2023

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05898594

Locations in the U.S.

IllinoisUniversity of Chicago, Chicago
MassachusettsMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston

Conditions

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.