NCT06070870Recruiting
Health Education Approach to Lung Screening
Health Education Approach to Lung Screening (HEALS)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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)
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 675 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 30 Sept 2023
- Start date
- 10 Oct 2023
- Primary completion date
- 30 Nov 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT06070870
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 675
- From 10 Oct 2023 to the primary completion date, 30 Nov 2027
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Has undergone a previous lung cancer screening
Other illness
- Known history of cancer (except squamous cell skin cancer), or coughing up blood in the past 5 years, as reported by the individual
- 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
Other
- A patient who meets any of the following exclusion criteria is ineligible to participate in the study:
- Inability to speak English
Who the study is looking for
- 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
Age in the registry: 50 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Carrboro | United States | Recruiting |
| Medical University of South Carolina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Recruiting |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Recruiting |
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