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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

Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Participants: 675 · Started: Oct 10, 2023

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06070870

Locations in the U.S.

North CarolinaUniversity of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Carrboro
South CarolinaMedical University of South Carolina, Charleston
VirginiaVirginia 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.