Can a custom toolkit help indigenous smokers spot lung cancer earlier?
NCT ID NCT07615764
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a specially designed educational toolkit, called the Lung Toolkit, can improve knowledge about lung cancer and screening among American Indian and Alaskan Native adults aged 50 to 80 who smoke cigarettes. The toolkit includes a website with resources and a physical pouch with herbs and motivational messages. Researchers will measure how acceptable and effective the toolkit is at increasing screening awareness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Educational Lung Toolkit (website and physical artifact pouch)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this toolkit could become a model for boosting lung cancer screening awareness and smoking cessation in Indigenous communities.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on knowledge and acceptance, not health outcomes. The toolkit may not change actual screening rates or smoking behavior.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 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 80 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Between ages 50-80 * Self-identify as AI/AN * Self-reported 10 pack-year smoking history (commercial tobacco i.e. cigarettes) * Ability to understand and willingness to sign an informed consent document Exclusion Criteria: * Not between ages 50-80 * Having less than a 10 pack-year history of smoking commercial tobacco * Inability to communicate in written and verbal English * Having any cognitive impairment that compromises the ability to provide informed consent
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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