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Lung Screening Study

NCT00006382 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2015-05-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: New imaging procedures such as spiral CT may improve the ability to detect lung cancer in patients who are at high risk for the disease.

PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of a spiral CT scan with that of a chest x-ray in detecting lung cancer in patients who are at high risk for the disease.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

bronchoscopic and lung imaging studies

PROCEDURE

comparison of screening methods

PROCEDURE

computed tomography

PROCEDURE

radiography

PROCEDURE

study of high risk factors

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • John K. Gohagan, PhD, FACE · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study Design

Purpose
SCREENING

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-08-31
Completion
2002-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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