The Lung Screening, Tobacco and Health Project

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Smoking, Tobacco, Tobacco-Related Carcinoma, Tobacco Use, Lung Cancer Screening

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare intensive telephone counseling (ITC) plus the nicotine patch vs. standard telephone counseling plus the nicotine patch (Usual Care; UC) among current smokers undergoing lung cancer screening. Smoking-related outcomes will be examined at three, six and twelve months post-randomization.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03200236

Run by

Georgetown University

People needed

1114

Starts

2017-05-03

Expected to finish

2022-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2023-11-02

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Have a >20-pack year smoking history (i.e., smoked at least a pack a day for 20 years)
• Current smokers, regardless of number smoked per day
• Can be smoking cigarettes, cigarillos, or little cigars
• English- or Spanish-speaking
• Ability to provide meaningful consent
• Have registered for CT lung cancer screening at one of our five participating lung screening sites (for enrollment) and have completed CT lung cancer screening (for subsequent follow-ups).
• Current smokers are eligible to participate regardless of prior lung cancer screening or prior cessation treatment. Smokers not yet ready to quit will be encouraged to participate.

You may not qualify if…

• Previously diagnosed with lung cancer
• Diagnosed with lung cancer during the study (although still eligible to receive free telephone counseling and nicotine replacement)
• At the T1 assessment when randomization occurs, individuals who have been quit for 8+ days will not be randomized. We will request that they participate in follow-up assessments of smoking status at 3-, 6- and 12-months.

Where it is running

• Georgetown University Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Baptist Health South Florida — Miami, Florida, United States
• UnityPoint Health --Trinity Medical Center — Moline, Illinois, United States
• Anne Arundel Medical Center — Annapolis, Maryland, United States
• MedStar Shah Medical Group — Hollywood, Maryland, United States
• Lahey Hospital and Medical Center — Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
• Hackensack University Medical Center — Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

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