The Watch the Spot Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Coin Lesion, Pulmonary, Lung Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Non-small-cell Lung

In brief

This study will compare two clinically accepted protocols for surveillance imaging in individuals who are found to have a small pulmonary nodule on chest computed tomography (CT) scans.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02623712

Run by

Kaiser Permanente

People needed

34686

Starts

2017-03-06

Expected to finish

2024-09-04

Last updated by the study team

2025-08-14

Who can join

Age: 35 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The target population includes adults with small lung nodules that may represent a new diagnosis of lung cancer, who typically would be managed by CT surveillance in usual clinical practice. Thus, we will enroll all patients:
• aged ≥35 years
• at least one nodule measuring ≤15 mm in average diameter on chest CT.

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant Women
• Age <35 years
• Known diagnosis of cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer) within 5 years

Where it is running

• Kaiser Permanente Southern California — Pasadena, California, United States

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