Phone coaching boosts lung cancer screening decisions, study hopes
NCT ID NCT05491213
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a remote decision coaching program helps people at high risk for lung cancer make better-informed choices about screening. About 594 participants aged 50-77 who smoke or recently quit will receive either coaching or usual care. The goal is to see if coaching improves shared decision-making, increases screening rates, and encourages smoking cessation.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Remote decision coaching with navigation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that remote coaching helps more high-risk people get appropriate lung cancer screening and quit smoking.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study, not a drug trial, so the impact is limited to improving decision-making. Results may vary by clinic and patient engagement.
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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 594 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- 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.
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18 years and older
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: \- Inclusion Criteria Cluster Randomized Trial Eligibility of patients for the cluster randomized trial will follow United States Preventive Services Task Force criteria for lung cancer screening. Specifically, patients must: * Be 50 to 77 years of age * Be a current or former smoker having quit within the past 15 years * Have at least a 20 pack-year smoking history * Be scheduled for a non-acute care visit at one of the study sites. Interviews (N=50) Participants completing the semi-structured interviews will be: * A practicing primary care clinician or a clinic director (n=20), nursing director, or clinic practice administrator (n=20) at one of the participating sites or a TELESCOPE study patient navigator (n=7) and nurse navigator (n = 3) * Age 18 or older * Fluent in English Online surveys (N=130) Providers completing online PRISM construct surveys will be: * A practicing primary care provider at one of the participating sites or a TELESCOPE study navigator * Age 18 or older * Fluent in English Exclusion Criteria: \- Cluster Randomized Trial Excluded will be patients who: * Do not speak English * Have a history lung cancer * Were screened for lung cancer within the past 12 months * Have health conditions that make them poor candidates for curative treatment as determined by the primary care provider * Are unable to provide informed consent Interviews (N=50) Providers/administrators will be excluded if they: * Are unable to provide informed consent Online surveys (N=130) * Are unable to provide informed consent * Women who are pregnant. English proficiency is required for the completion of surveys, and the intervention will be conducted in English.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rutgers Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGNew Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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