Co-Design and Pilot Testing of Peer-led Community Outreach to Improve Equity, Veteran-Centeredness and Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening

Study summary

Co-design will be implemented to develop an innovative, Veteran-centered intervention (Vet Peer Connects program) that meets the needs of Black Veterans. Next, a feasibility pilot test of the Vet Peer Connects program will be conducted. The Peer will lead up to 5 group lung cancer screening orientations in community partner sites to reach up to 40 lung cancer screening eligible Black Veterans. The Peer will provide one-to-one tailored support to up to 15 Veterans (coaching, goal-setting, navigation to access Veterans Affairs lung cancer screening). Then, the study team will evaluate program delivery through ethnographic observation and field notes, Peer activity logs, and weekly check-ins between the study team and Peer. Investigators will interview Veteran participants, community partners, and lung cancer screening clinical staff to explore feasibility and acceptability of the Vet Peer Connects program and solicit suggestions for improvement. Preliminary data on the outcomes of the Vet Peer Connects program will be collected by study team through administering surveys to assess change in Social Cognitive Theory constructs, and extracting lung cancer screening uptake and tobacco treatment 3 months post enrollment from VA's Corporate Data Warehouse. This work will inform a subsequent multi-site stepped-wedge trial to assess effectiveness, implementation, and cost of the Vet Peer Connects program in VA lung cancer screening sites and neighboring branches of the National Association for Black Veterans.

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Main goalScreening

This describes the study’s primary purpose.

What is being studiedVeterans peer connect Program

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Who it may be forLung Cancer

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Checked against the public recordLast updated Aug 11, 2026 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov

Is enrollment open?Completed

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What kind of study?Not applicable

Interventional

Where is it offered?1 U.S. location

Locations may change over time.

Who runs it?VA Office of Research and Development

Study sponsor

Study overview

What this study is about

Purpose: Screening
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Interventions being studied: Other: Veterans peer connect Program

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Public criteria

Who may be able to participate

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Requirements people may need to meetInclusion criteria

Self-identified Black Veterans
Meet United States Preventive Services Task Force guidelines for lung cancer ( still smoking cigarettes or quit within past 15 years, greater than or equal to 20 pack-years total)
Have not yet undergone lung cancer screening

Reasons someone may not be able to joinExclusion criteria

Non-Black Veterans

Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.

Study sites

U.S. locations

VA Boston Healthcare SystemBoston, Massachusetts

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