Could a single CT scan spot lung cancer and other diseases early?
NCT ID NCT07372508
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study offers a Lung Health Check to 500 people aged 55-74 who smoke or used to smoke. It uses a low-dose CT scan along with blood tests, an ECG, and a breathing test to find lung cancer and other conditions like COPD and heart disease early. The goal is to see if this combined approach is practical and can improve early detection.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- low-dose chest CT scan
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make lung cancer screening more effective by also catching heart and lung diseases early, improving overall health outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study, not a large trial. The AI tools are still being tested, and the results may not apply to all populations or settings.
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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 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
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.
- Ages
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55 to 74 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Resident in South Sector NHS GG\&C. * Capacity to undertake informed consent. * No active cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer, monitored localised prostate cancer or localised treated breast cancer. * Aged 55-74 at date of invitation. * Smoking history: current tobacco smoker or ex-smoker with \>20 pack year history and \<15 years from quit date. Exclusion Criteria: * CT thorax scan undertaken in prior 12 months. * Does not have capacity to give consent (standard criteria for assessing capacity apply). * Aged \<55 or \>74 years of age at date of invitation * Weight exceeds restrictions for scanner (\>200kg). * Unable to lie flat. * People who are pregnant. * Active symptoms of possible lung cancer
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
RECRUITINGGlasgow, United Kingdom
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