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Health Education Approach to Lung Screening
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Health Education Approach to Lung Screening (HEALS)
Who can join
Ages 50 to 80 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Meets current USPSTF guidelines for lung cancer screening (LCS) * 20 pack-year smoking history Note: A pack-year is a way of calculating how much a person has smoked in their lifetime. One pack-year is the equivalent of smoking an average of 20 cigarettes-1 pack-per day for a year. * Currently smokes or has quit smoking within the past 15 years * Identifies as Black or African-American Note: Both Hispanic/Latino and Non-Hispanic/Latino patients are eligible as long as they also identify as Black or African-American (eg, Afro-Latino). * Willing to complete all navigation-related study activities * Able to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document Exclusion Criteria: A patient who meets any of the following exclusion criteria is ineligible to participate in the study: * Known history of cancer (except squamous cell skin cancer), or coughing up blood in the past 5 years, as reported by the individual * Has undergone a previous lung cancer screening * Inability to speak English * Medical, psychological, or social condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may increase the patient's risk or limit the patient's adherence with study requirements
About the study
Evaluate the impact of the patient navigation program on the proportion of patients who complete lung cancer screening (LCS), defined as undergoing a low dose computed tomography (LDCT)
What is being tested
- Patient Navigation (behavioral)
Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Participants: 675 · Started: Oct 10, 2023
Contact the study team
- Massey IIT Research Operations · Phone: 804-628-6430
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06070870
Locations in the U.S.
| North Carolina | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Carrboro |
| South Carolina | Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston |
| Virginia | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.