Educating Smokers About Lung Cancer Screening Using Tobacco Quitlines

This study is looking at the best ways to help heavy smokers learn about lung cancer screening. It involves two main groups: staff at tobacco quitlines and callers (smokers) who contact these quitlines. Quitline staff will receive a 60-minute training session. Callers, who are 55-80 years old, have a significant smoking history, and speak English, will be referred to educational materials about lung cancer screening. The study wants to see if more eligible smokers receive high-quality information about screening through these quitlines. Success will be measured by looking at communications, the healthcare perspective, and how many people are reached over a period of up to 4 years. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 800 participants. It involves training quitline staff and referring callers to educational materials.
What's involved
Quitline staff will undergo a 60-minute educational session. Callers will be referred to educational materials and complete questionnaires at 1 week and 6 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The study will measure outcomes for up to 4 years, and reach during a 6-month implementation period.

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NCT04595422

Educating Smokers About Lung Cancer Screening Using Tobacco Quitlines

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalHealth services
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
~800 participants
Updated 2026-04-16 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Educational InterventionQuestionnaire AdministrationSurvey Administration

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Content from communications (email, phone, monthly calls)
Measured over Up to 4 years
+4 more outcomes measured
Lung Carcinoma
1 sites across 1 states
Texas1
  • Robert J Volk · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

QUITLINE CALL CENTER STAFF
Staff member of a quitline
Aged 18 years and above
Callers 55-80 years of age
Current smoker, or former smoker with a cessation history of \< 15 years
\>= 30 pack-year smoking history
English-speaking

Exclusion

History of lung cancer by self-report
  • Content from communications (email, phone, monthly calls)Up to 4 years

    Will be content analyzed using Atlas.ti qualitative software according to the adaptation framework from Stirman and colleagues. Will identify 1) who made the modification; 2) what was modified (i.e., content, context, training and evaluation); 3) for whom the modification was made (e.g., individual counselor); 4) context of the modification (e.g., format, setting, personnel, population); and 5) what was the nature of the modification (e.g., adding elements). Will also code for facilitators and barriers that are consistent with the constructs from CFIR. All textual data will be double coded and discussed by the researchers.

  • Healthcare sector perspectiveUp to 4 years

    As needed, will use a process-flow analysis to identify all resources utilized at each of the step of the program.

  • ReachDuring 6 month implementation period

    The analysis of the data from the logs and surveys will include examining the means, medians, standard deviations, and ranges overall and by state quitline for Reach

  • Overall lung cancer screening rateUp to 6 months
  • Effectiveness (Caller Substudy)Up to 6 months

    Will be successful if callers who participate in the evaluation answer at least 58 percent (7/12) of the Adapted lung cancer screening (LCS)-12 Knowledge Measure questions correctly and have a PrepDM score of at least 80 (standard deviation \[SD\] = 17.7), which were observed in the original project.