Educating Smokers About Lung Cancer Screening Using Tobacco Quitlines

NCT04595422 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: 2020-0013NCI-2020-03812
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 800
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This implementation study will examine the best ways to refer heavy smokers to information about lung cancer screening.

Conditions

Lung Carcinoma

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Content from communications (email, phone, monthly calls)

  Will be content analyzed using Atlas.ti qualitative software according to the adaptation framework from Stirman and colleagues. Will identify 1) who made the modification; 2) what was modified (i.e., content, context, training and evaluation); 3) for whom the modification was made (e.g., individual counselor); 4) context of the modification (e.g., format, setting, personnel, population); and 5) what was the nature of the modification (e.g., adding elements). Will also code for facilitators and barriers that are consistent with the constructs from CFIR. All textual data will be double coded and discussed by the researchers.

  Up to 4 years

• Healthcare sector perspective

  As needed, will use a process-flow analysis to identify all resources utilized at each of the step of the program.

  Up to 4 years

• Reach

  The analysis of the data from the logs and surveys will include examining the means, medians, standard deviations, and ranges overall and by state quitline for Reach

  During 6 month implementation period

• Overall lung cancer screening rate

  Up to 6 months

• Effectiveness (Caller Substudy)

  Will be successful if callers who participate in the evaluation answer at least 58 percent (7/12) of the Adapted lung cancer screening (LCS)-12 Knowledge Measure questions correctly and have a PrepDM score of at least 80 (standard deviation \[SD\] = 17.7), which were observed in the original project.

  Up to 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Call center staff (educational intervention)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants undergo training consisting of a 60-minute educational session.

Other: Educational Intervention; Other: Survey Administration

Callers substudy (LCS educational materials, questionnaire)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants are referred to lung cancer screening educational materials. Participants also complete questionnaires at 1 week and 6 months after referral to educational materials.

Other: Educational Intervention; Other: Questionnaire Administration

Interventions

Educational Intervention OTHER

Undergo training consisting of a 60-minute educational session

Also known as: Education for Intervention, Intervention by Education, Intervention through Education, Intervention, Educational

Call center staff (educational intervention)

Questionnaire Administration OTHER

Complete questionnaire

Callers substudy (LCS educational materials, questionnaire)

Survey Administration OTHER

Ancillary studies

Call center staff (educational intervention)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• QUITLINE CALL CENTER STAFF
• Staff member of a quitline
• Aged 18 years and above
• Callers 55-80 years of age
• Current smoker, or former smoker with a cessation history of \< 15 years
• \>= 30 pack-year smoking history
• English-speaking

You may not qualify if:

• History of lung cancer by self-report

Sponsors & Collaborators

• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

RECRUITING

Related Links

• M D Anderson Cancer Center

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Lung Neoplasms

Interventions

Early Intervention, Educational; Educational Status; Methods

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Health Services; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Preventive Health Services; Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics; Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Robert J Volk

  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Robert J. Volk

CONTACT

713-563-0020; bvolk@mdanderson.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 15, 2020
• First Posted: October 20, 2020
• Study Start: July 2, 2020
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 31, 2026
• Last Updated: April 16, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Locations

US (1)