Can more screening catch lung cancer sooner? big study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT06842056
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at medical records of 3,000 adults with lung cancer to see if the stage at diagnosis is shifting to earlier, more curable stages. Researchers will track how often cancer is found through screening programs, chest X-rays, or heart scans. No new treatments or tests are given—just observation of existing data.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This study does not involve direct recruitment of the patients. Aggregated data from the databases for each consecutive year starting from the baseline year until End of study. Patients with lung cancer meeting the following criteria will be included in the study.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * Adult female and male patients ≥18 years old. * Confirmed diagnosis of lung cancer (either cytologically or histologically) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients presenting with recurrent or relapsed lung cancer. * Patients with a concomitant cancer at the time of diagnosis of lung cancer, except for nonmetastatic nonmelanoma skin cancers, or in situ or benign neoplasms: a cancer will be considered concomitant if it occurs within 5 years of lung cancer diagnosis.
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Conditions
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