Lung Screening Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Lung Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: New imaging procedures such as spiral CT may improve the ability to detect lung cancer in patients who are at high risk for the disease. PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of a spiral CT scan with that of a chest x-ray in detecting lung cancer in patients who are at high risk for the disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00006382

Run by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Starts

2000-08-01

Expected to finish

2002-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-05

Who can join

Age: 55 and older, up to 74. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Henry Ford Hospital — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• University of Minnesota Cancer Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Marshfield Clinic — Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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