Patient Navigation for Lung Screening at MGH Community Health Centers

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Conditions studied: Lung Cancer

In brief

To develop and implement a patient navigator (PN) program for lung screening and smoking cessation in community health center primary care practices. This program will be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial of primary care patients who currently smoke.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02705365

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

1200

Starts

2016-02-01

Expected to finish

2017-02-07

Last updated by the study team

2018-01-05

Who can join

Age: 55 and older, up to 77. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• adult patients aged 55-77 years who are current cigarette smokers (according to an algorithm using electronic medical record data), and
• receive care at one of the five Massachusetts General Hospital community health centers.

You may not qualify if…

• patients who have previously received a diagnosis of lung cancer,
• have undergone a chest CT within 18 months before enrollment,
• are subsequently identified as having died prior to the study intervention,
• deemed by their primary care provider as not eligible for lung screening.

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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