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Patient Empowerment Interventions for Lung Cancer Screening (Empower-LCS Trial)

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Recruiting

Led By Gelareh Sadigh, MD

Research Sponsored by University of California, Irvine

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up within 6 months after enrollment

Awards & highlights

Empower-LCS Trial Summary

This trial will test if a multi-level intervention can increase the rate of LDCT ordering to detect lung cancer early & reduce mortality rate.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for English, Spanish, or Vietnamese speakers aged 50-80 who are current smokers or quit within the last 15 years. They must have a history of heavy smoking (20 pack-years), an upcoming primary care appointment at UCI Health in Orange County, and no prior lung cancer or recent chest CT scans.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if reminders to doctors and patients about lung cancer screening eligibility, patient education on lung cancer screening, financial navigation help, and reminders to discuss screening can increase low dose CT scan orders within six months after enrolling.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves educational materials and reminders rather than medical treatments or drugs, there are no direct side effects associated with these interventions.

Empower-LCS Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ within 6 months of enrollment

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~within 6 months of enrollment

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and within 6 months of enrollment for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Order of LDCT

Secondary outcome measures

Knowledge about lung cancer and screening

LCS discussion

Perceived Benefit of lung cancer screening

+6 more

Other outcome measures

Patient and provider experience with intervention

Empower-LCS Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Empower LCSExperimental Treatment4 Interventions

Patient will be given education material(addressing knowledge barriers); patients' referral to financial navigation resources (addressing health-related social risks); and patients' reminder to discuss LCS during PCP visit. Providers will also be notified of eligibility of their patients to receive LCS.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Patient education

2011

Completed Phase 2

~9240

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of California, IrvineLead Sponsor

544 Previous Clinical Trials

1,922,963 Total Patients Enrolled

Gelareh Sadigh, MDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of California, Irvine

2 Previous Clinical Trials

121 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 senior citizens able to partake in this research project?

"The inclusion guidelines for this trial specify that potential enrollees must be aged between 50 and 80 years old. Additionally, there are 44 studies available to those under 18 and 1,649 applicable trials designed for persons above 65 years of age."

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Is the enrollment process for this trial currently ongoing?

"Clinicaltrials.gov indicates that this medical study is actively searching for suitable participants, which has been the case since its posting on October 13th 2023 and was most recently updated on October 23rd of the same year."

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How many individuals are enrolled in this experiment?

"Affirmative. According to the details on clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is actively enrolling participants since its posting on October 13th 2023 and subsequent modification a week later. The program seeks to recruit 80 patients at 7 different sites."

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Are there any Canadian locations participating in the current trial?

"Currently, this trial is taking place in 7 distinct locations amongst which are Irvine, Laguna Hills and Newport Beach. To decrease travel hassle if you become a participant, it's best to select the closest site possible."

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Am I eligible to become a participant in this experiment?

"The selection criteria for this clinical trial requires that potential participants possess lung cancer and are between the ages of 50 to 80. In total, there is capacity for 80 patients in the study."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Empowering Patients' Lung Cancer Screening Uptake

Gelareh Sadigh 2023. "Empowering Patients' Lung Cancer Screening Uptake". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06000683.