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Friends and family as health champions: new study aims to increase lung cancer screening

NCT ID NCT05978128

Prevention Sponsor: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether using community health advocates—people who encourage their friends and family—can increase screening for breast and lung cancer. Researchers will enroll 800 participants and provide educational materials, patient navigation, and surveys. The goal is to see if this approach boosts screening rates, especially for lung cancer, which is often underused.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Health education, patient navigation, and survey administration
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that using community advocates is an effective way to increase cancer screening, especially for lung cancer, potentially saving lives through earlier detection.
What could go wrong
This is a behavioral study, not a drug trial, so results may be modest. Success depends on participants' willingness to engage and refer others, which can be unpredictable.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 800 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2023

Expected to finish

Sep 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

40 to 80 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age: * Breast screening \> 40 * Lung screening 50-80 * Male (M) or Female (F) * Current, former, or never smokers * Close family or friend with smoking history (in or out of state) Exclusion Criteria: * Age: * Breast screening \< 40 * Lung screening \< 50 or \> 80 * Persons who had previously received a diagnosis of lung cancer, had hemoptysis, or had an unexplained weight loss of more than 6.8 kg (15 lb) in the preceding year will also be excluded * Persons with an active cancer

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast carcinoma breast neoplasm lung carcinoma lung neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

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Breast carcinoma Lung carcinoma

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

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