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Text alerts could save lungs: 27,000 smokers tested in landmark screening trial
NCT ID NCT07322367
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether sending text message reminders encourages more high-risk adults to complete a lung cancer screening CT scan. Researchers will enroll 27,000 people aged 50-77 who smoke or recently quit, focusing on minority and rural communities. The goal is to see if simple digital nudges can boost screening rates and catch lung cancer earlier.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- text message reminders
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that simple text reminders significantly increase lung cancer screening rates, helping catch cancer earlier in high-risk groups.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug or device, so the impact is limited to improving screening uptake. It may not work for everyone, and results depend on participants' engagement.
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Study facts
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- 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 27,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 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.
- Ages
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50 to 77 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: Eligible patients will: * Meet the Medicare criteria for lung cancer screening, as updated in February 2022: * Age 50 - 77 years * Smoked at least 20 pack years * Current smoker or quit smoking within the past 15 years * Be established with a primary care provider within the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist health network (defined as having completed at least 1 primary care appointment in the past 6 months or have completed at least 2 primary care appointments within the past 18 months or being scheduled to see a health network primary care provider within the next 30 days). * Have a patient portal account or cellphone number listed in the electronic health record * Have a North Carolina address listed in the electronic health record Exclusion Criteria: The following patients will be excluded: * Patients flagged as needing a language interpreter in the electronic health record for any language other than Spanish (electronic messages and intervention are deliverable in English or Spanish only) * Those for whom lung cancer screening would be or may be inappropriate: electronic health record Prior history of lung cancer electronic health record Chest CT within the last 12 months electronic health record Those meeting the HEDIS COL-E measure exclusion criteria based on significant comorbidities and/or frailty.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
RECRUITINGWinston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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