Texting your doctor: a simple app could save lives after lung screening
NCT ID NCT07234929
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether using a chat-based mobile app (Zalo) can help people follow through with recommended tests after an abnormal chest X-ray read by AI. About 2,692 adults in Vietnam at risk for lung cancer or TB will be randomly assigned to receive either standard results or extra chat-based guidance and doctor access. The goal is to see if digital support boosts follow-up rates and speeds up diagnosis.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- chat-based mobile application (Zalo) for consultation and education
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a low-cost, scalable way to improve follow-up after lung disease screening, leading to earlier diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer and TB.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center trial in Vietnam, so results may not apply elsewhere. It relies on patients having a smartphone and Zalo account, and compliance is self-reported, which may be inaccurate.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 2,692 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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.
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40 to 62 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals aged 40 to 62 years old and are still working * In risk population, which means they exposure at least 2 risk factors of lung cancer, following: * smoking * expose second-hand smoke * expose air pollution, bio-mass fuels * expose arsenic * expose radon * expose asbestos * having chronic pulmonary illness * having HIV * have family member's history of lung cancer (relatives within 3 generations) * Have mobile phone registered Zalo account Exclusion Criteria: * Individual smoked or had history of smoking more than 30 packs per year because they will be advised to do low dose CT scan. That is based on the guideline from Vietnam Misnitry of Health101 * Pregnant woman. It is for safety reason because research team will recommend the (+) cases or (-) cases with symptoms do LDCT or CT scan for lung cancer, that can affect the pregnancy. Therefore, if they are pregnant, research team will invite them to meet obstetricians. * History of lung cancer or TB * Who have problem in mental health is diagnosed by doctor.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nhan Dan Gia Dinh Hospital
RECRUITINGHo Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam
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