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Proactive Telephone Counseling from VA Quitline for Lung Cancer (PROACT Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Steven B. Zeliadt, PhD MPH
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 0-12 weeks after provider offers patient lung cancer screening
Awards & highlights

PROACT Trial Summary

This trial will evaluate if offering proactive smoking cessation support to smokers as part of participating in lung cancer screening within Veterans Health Administration is effective.

Eligible Conditions
  • Lung Cancer
  • Tomography
  • Lung Disease
  • Tobacco Smoking
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Tobacco Use

PROACT Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~0-12 weeks after provider offers patient lung cancer screening
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 0-12 weeks after provider offers patient lung cancer screening for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Self-reported smoking abstinence
Secondary outcome measures
Cost of proactive cessation care
Patients' experience with telephone counseling
Patients' motivational assessment
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PROACT Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Proactive careExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Providers in this arm will receive guidance from the study team about offering lung cancer screening patients proactive cessation care, including cessation medications and behavioral telephone counseling.
Group II: Unstructured careActive Control1 Intervention
Providers in this arm will continue to provide care as usual during lung cancer screening, with no intervention from the study team.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Proactive Telephone Counseling from VA Quitline
2019
N/A
~830
Unsigned note to provider about cessation medication prescription
2019
N/A
~830

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,612 Previous Clinical Trials
3,304,915 Total Patients Enrolled
Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterOTHER
557 Previous Clinical Trials
1,342,687 Total Patients Enrolled
Steven B. Zeliadt, PhD MPHPrincipal InvestigatorVA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA
1 Previous Clinical Trials
3,726 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are elderly candidates accepted for this clinical research?

"This study is accepting geriatric patients aged between 55 and 80 years old."

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What objectives does this investigation hope to fulfill?

"This 12-month trial will primarily evaluate self-reported smoking abstinence. Secondary goals are to assess patient motivation, efficacy and provider acceptance of proactive cessation care via surveys."

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Is my profile compatible with the parameters of this research program?

"In this medical study, 828 individuals aged 55 to 80 with tomography are sought. Additionally, these participants must have recently undergone a lung cancer screening and still identify as smokers at the time of their appointment."

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Is this research endeavor still open for enrollment?

"Evidently, the clinical trial has ceased seeking participants as per its listing on clinicaltrials.gov; with its first post-date of May 10th 2019 and most recent update happening on November 4th 2022. Nevertheless, there are 1856 other trials that remain actively recruiting at this time."

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~140 spots leftby May 2025