Clinical trial NCT02558101: Lung Screen Uptake Trial
Official title: Randomised Controlled Trial to Test Novel Invitation Methods and Materials Targeted to Increase Informed Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening in Individuals at High Risk of Lung Cancer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Lung Cancer
Keywords: Screening
Early detection
Health inequality
Uptake
Lead sponsor: University College, London
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University College London Hospitals
name: Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
First posted: 2015-09-23
Enrollment: 1997
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SCREENING

Brief summary: This study tests the impact of a novel invitation strategy on attendance rates to a pre-lung cancer screening lung health check appointment. Patients will be individually randomised (1:1) to receive either control invitation materials or intervention invitation materials. Those who attend will undergo a "lung health check" and be invited to a baseline screening scan if eligibility criteria are fulfilled.

Detailed description: Lung cancer screening using low dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans has been shown to reduce lung cancer-specific and all-cause mortality in a large United States (US) trial, and screening is now being carried out in the US. Studies have shown that participation rates are invariably low, particularly by current smokers and those from socioeconomically deprived backgrounds; groups within which high risk candidates are overrepresented.

In this study the investigators aim to improve informed participation in screening and reduce socioeconomic and smoking-related biases in participation. The investigators will identify individuals at high risk of lung cancer; specifically adults aged 60-75 who are current or recent former smokers. Eligible individuals will be invited by their General Practitioner to a "lung health check appointment" via one of two randomly allocated invitation strategies. The control materials will be similar to those used by UK screening programmes for other cancer types. The intervention materials have been designed to reduce barriers to participation among smokers from low socioeconomic status backgrounds.

Those that attend will have a lung cancer risk assessment, and if confirmed to be eligible, will undergo a baseline LDCT scan. Data will be collected with respect to demographics, risk and various clinical and radiological outcomes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Recorded as a current smoker during the year 2010 or in subsequent years since then.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Active diagnosis of lung cancer or metastases
* CT thorax within the past year
* Inability to consent to study
* Palliative care register
* GPs alert to co-morbidity that contraindicates screening or treatment for lung cancer

Primary outcomes:
measure: Attendance to pre-allocated Lung Health Check Appointment
timeFrame: At an expected average of 1 year from the start of the study.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Demographics of all those invited.
timeFrame: At an expected average of 1 year from the start of the study.
measure: Smoking data of those attending.
timeFrame: At an expected average of 1 year from the start of the study.
measure: Data on lung cancer risk of those attending.
timeFrame: At an expected average of 1 year from the start of the study.
measure: Smoking data, data on lung cancer risk, symptom history and proportion of those attending that are eligible for screening.
timeFrame: At an expected average of 1 year from the start of the study.
measure: Past medical and symptom history of those attending.
timeFrame: At an expected average of 1 year from the start of the study.
measure: Proportion of those invited eligible for screening.
timeFrame: At an expected average of 1 year from the start of the study.
measure: Uptake of CT scans and willingness to be screening
timeFrame: At an expected average of 1 year from the start of the study.
measure: Psychological burden of screening
timeFrame: At an expected average of 18 months from the start of the study.
measure: Informed decision making
timeFrame: At an expected average of 18 months from the start of the study.
measure: Radiological and clinical outcomes of those screened
timeFrame: At an expected average of 2 years from the start of the study.
measure: Numbers of investigations generated from screening
timeFrame: At an expected average of 2 years from the start of the study.
measure: Costs generated from screening
timeFrame: At an expected average of 2 years from the start of the study.
measure: Adverse events
timeFrame: At an expected average of 2 years from the start of the study.
measure: Mortality
timeFrame: At an expected average of 2 years from the start of the study.
Other outcomes:
measure: Tissue bank of biological samples from a high risk cohort
timeFrame: At an expected average of 1 year from the start of the study.
Locations:
city: London
country: United Kingdom
facility: University College London Hospital NHS Trust
state: England
Study officials:
affiliation: University College, London
name: Samuel Janes
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Ruparel M, Quaife SL, Ghimire B, Dickson JL, Bhowmik A, Navani N, Baldwin DR, Duffy S, Waller J, Janes SM. Impact of a Lung Cancer Screening Information Film on Informed Decision-making: A Randomized Trial. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Jun;16(6):744-751. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201811-841OC.
citation: Ruparel M, Quaife SL, Dickson JL, Horst C, Burke S, Taylor M, Ahmed A, Shaw P, Soo MJ, Nair A, Devaraj A, O'Dowd EL, Bhowmik A, Navani N, Sennett K, Duffy SW, Baldwin DR, Sofat R, Patel RS, Hingorani A, Janes SM. Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in a lung cancer screening cohort. Thorax. 2019 Dec;74(12):1140-1146. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212812. Epub 2019 Sep 26.
citation: Quaife SL, Ruparel M, Dickson JL, Beeken RJ, McEwen A, Baldwin DR, Bhowmik A, Navani N, Sennett K, Duffy SW, Wardle J, Waller J, Janes SM. Lung Screen Uptake Trial (LSUT): Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Testing Targeted Invitation Materials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Apr 15;201(8):965-975. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201905-0946OC.
citation: Kummer S, Waller J, Ruparel M, Cass J, Janes SM, Quaife SL. Mapping the spectrum of psychological and behavioural responses to low-dose CT lung cancer screening offered within a Lung Health Check. Health Expect. 2020 Apr;23(2):433-441. doi: 10.1111/hex.13030. Epub 2020 Jan 21.
citation: Ruparel M, Quaife SL, Dickson JL, Horst C, Tisi S, Hall H, Taylor MN, Ahmed A, Shaw PJ, Burke S, Soo MJ, Nair A, Devaraj A, Sennett K, Hurst JR, Duffy SW, Navani N, Bhowmik A, Baldwin DR, Janes SM. Prevalence, Symptom Burden, and Underdiagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Lung Cancer Screening Cohort. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Jul;17(7):869-878. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201911-857OC.
citation: Quaife SL, Ruparel M, Beeken RJ, McEwen A, Isitt J, Nolan G, Sennett K, Baldwin DR, Duffy SW, Janes SM, Wardle J. The Lung Screen Uptake Trial (LSUT): protocol for a randomised controlled demonstration lung cancer screening pilot testing a targeted invitation strategy for high risk and 'hard-to-reach' patients. BMC Cancer. 2016 Apr 20;16:281. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2316-z.
citation: Ruparel M, Quaife SL, Dickson JL, Horst C, Tisi S, Hall H, Taylor M, Ahmed A, Shaw P, Burke S, Soo MJ, Nair A, Devaraj A, Sennett K, Duffy SW, Navani N, Bhowmik A, Baldwin DR, Janes SM. Lung Screen Uptake Trial: results from a single lung cancer screening round. Thorax. 2020 Oct;75(10):908-912. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-214703. Epub 2020 Aug 5.
citation: Kummer S, Waller J, Ruparel M, Duffy SW, Janes SM, Quaife SL. Psychological outcomes of low-dose CT lung cancer screening in a multisite demonstration screening pilot: the Lung Screen Uptake Trial (LSUT). Thorax. 2020 Dec;75(12):1065-1073. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215054. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
citation: Balata H, Ruparel M, O'Dowd E, Ledson M, Field JK, Duffy SW, Quaife SL, Sharman A, Janes S, Baldwin D, Booton R, Crosbie PAJ. Analysis of the baseline performance of five UK lung cancer screening programmes. Lung Cancer. 2021 Nov;161:136-140. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2021.09.012. Epub 2021 Sep 20.
citation: Tammemagi MC, Ruparel M, Tremblay A, Myers R, Mayo J, Yee J, Atkar-Khattra S, Yuan R, Cressman S, English J, Bedard E, MacEachern P, Burrowes P, Quaife SL, Marshall H, Yang I, Bowman R, Passmore L, McWilliams A, Brims F, Lim KP, Mo L, Melsom S, Saffar B, Teh M, Sheehan R, Kuok Y, Manser R, Irving L, Steinfort D, McCusker M, Pascoe D, Fogarty P, Stone E, Lam DCL, Ng MY, Vardhanabhuti V, Berg CD, Hung RJ, Janes SM, Fong K, Lam S. USPSTF2013 versus PLCOm2012 lung cancer screening eligibility criteria (International Lung Screening Trial): interim analysis of a prospective cohort study. Lancet Oncol. 2022 Jan;23(1):138-148. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00590-8. Epub 2021 Dec 11.
citation: Hall H, Ruparel M, Quaife SL, Dickson JL, Horst C, Tisi S, Batty J, Woznitza N, Ahmed A, Burke S, Shaw P, Soo MJ, Taylor M, Navani N, Bhowmik A, Baldwin DR, Duffy SW, Devaraj A, Nair A, Janes SM. The role of computer-assisted radiographer reporting in lung cancer screening programmes. Eur Radiol. 2022 Oct;32(10):6891-6899. doi: 10.1007/s00330-022-08824-1. Epub 2022 May 14.