Educating Smokers About Lung Cancer Screening Using Tobacco Quitlines

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Lung Carcinoma

Treatments: Other: Educational Intervention; Other: Questionnaire Administration; Other: Survey Administration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04595422

NCI-2020-03812 (Registry Identifier)

2020-0013 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To increase the number of smokers eligible for lung cancer screening (LCS) who receive high-quality educational materials about LCS through tobacco quitlines.

OUTLINE:

CALL CENTER STAFF: Participants undergo training consisting of a 60-minute educational session.

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

Enrollment: 800 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• QUITLINE CALL CENTER STAFF
• Staff member of a quitline
• Aged 18 years and above
• CALLERS (SMOKERS WHO CONTACT THE QUITLINE ABOUT SMOKING CESSATION SERVICES) INCLUSION CRITERIA
• 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

Exclusion criteria

• CALLERS (SMOKERS WHO CONTACT THE QUITLINE ABOUT SMOKING CESSATION SERVICES) EXCLUSION CRITERIA
• History of lung cancer by self-report

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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800 participants in 2 patient groups

Call center staff (educational intervention)

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Educational Intervention

Other: Survey Administration

Other: Educational Intervention

Callers substudy (LCS educational materials, questionnaire)

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Educational Intervention

Other: Questionnaire Administration

Other: Educational Intervention