Advancing Lung Cancer Screening One Text at a Time
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interventional
40
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of text messaging to promote lung cancer screening.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Feb 2026
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 10, 2025
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 12, 2025
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
February 17, 2026
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 1, 2026
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 1, 2026
February 19, 2026
February 1, 2026
6 months
November 10, 2025
February 16, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Percent of Participants Who Undergo Lung Cancer Screening
The proportion of study participants who complete a lung cancer screening test within 3 months of study enrollment
Month 3
Study Arms (2)
UR Screened
EXPERIMENTALA text messaging program designed to promote lung cancer screening
Control group
ACTIVE COMPARATORA mailed educational material along with a flyer for the lung cancer screening program
Interventions
A text messaging program designed to promote lung cancer screening
A mailed educational material along with a flyer for the lung cancer screening program
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- to 80 years old
- have not completed their annual screening for lung cancer
- have a 20 pack-year smoking history
- currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years
- speak English and/or Spanish
- have a functioning cellphone number with unlimited text messaging capacity
- be willing to complete a baseline and a follow-up (at Month 3) survey
You may not qualify if:
- being up-to-date on their annual lung cancer screening
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- SCREENING
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD)
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 10, 2025
First Posted
November 12, 2025
Study Start
February 17, 2026
Primary Completion (Estimated)
August 1, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
August 1, 2026
Last Updated
February 19, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-02