New decision aid aims to boost liver cancer screening in veterans
NCT ID NCT06061328
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new decision aid tool (OASIS) that helps VA hospitals choose the best strategies to improve screening for liver cancer in patients with cirrhosis. Over 8,000 veterans and clinicians at multiple VA medical centers will participate. The goal is to see if the tool leads to more patients getting recommended abdominal imaging every six months, ultimately catching cancers earlier.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- OASIS decision aid training (a tool to help select implementation strategies)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a simple, data-driven way for hospitals to adopt proven screening methods for liver cancer, improving early detection and patient outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large implementation study, not a test of a new drug or treatment. The tool may not improve screening rates as hoped, and results may not apply outside the VA system.
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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 8,020 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
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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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: Veterans: * Veterans with two outpatient or one inpatient codes for cirrhosis or its complications who had an encounter in the prior 18 months at a participating VA medical center VA clinicians: * Physicians, advance practice providers, nurses, leadership, and staff engaged with selecting and applying implementation strategies to improve care at a participating VA medical center Exclusion Criteria: * Veterans post-transplant or with active hepatocellular carcinoma
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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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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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15240, United States
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