Personalizing Veterans' Lung Cancer Screening and Diagnosis
Lung cancer screening with low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) is currently recommended for high-risk individuals who are 50 to 80 years old, have smoked cigarettes for at least 20 pack-years, and currently smoke or quit smoking within the past 15 years. In a prospective cohort at Nashville, Denver, Louisville, Chicago, Kansas City, Salisbury and Seattle Veteran Affairs medical centers, the investigators will evaluate the detection of lung cancer using an expanded screening eligibility criteria based on Veterans' personal and service-related exposures compared to standard of care criteria. Screening a larger population will increase the number of lung nodules needing clinical management and these nodules may or may not be cancer. In a population of Veterans with positive screenings at Nashville, the investigators will also validate a combination biomarker-based approach to manage screen-detected lung nodules to reduce time to lung cancer diagnosis and use of invasive procedures. This study will also convene a Veteran Community Advisory Board and interview Veterans to better understand their thoughts about lung cancer screening and preferences for outreach and engagement.
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Interventional
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Study sponsor
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Screening
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Interventions being studied
- Procedure: Low-dose computed tomography
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1. Date of birth and sex recorded 2. Active user of VA (at least 1 primary care encounter in prior 2 years) at Nashville, Denver, Louisville, Chicago Jesse Brown, Kansas City, Salisbury or Seattle VAMC 3. Tobacco Use: Self-reported tobacco use of at least 100 cigarettes in lifetime 4. Additional Risk Factor 1. Self-reported history of military service exposure: direct contact with asbestos- containing material, agent orange, ionizing radiation or burn pit 2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) defined as one of the two definitions below: 1.Forced expiratory volume during the first second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/ FVC) ratio of below 70% predicted 2.FEV1/FVC greater than 70% predicted or pulmonary function test (PFT) unavailable plus respiratory symptoms (chronic cough, sputum production, shortness of breath, chest tightness, wheezing) plus any one of the following functional abnormalities on PFTs or structural abnormalities on imaging: 1. Functional abnormalities on PFTs: I.FEV1 below the lower limit of normal II.Gas trapping defined as residual volume greater than upper limit of normal III.Hyperinflation defined as two out of three lung volumes (total lung capacity, functional residual capacity, residual volume) that are greater than the upper limit of normal IV.Reduced diffusion capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) defined as DLCO lower than the lower limit of normal V.Rapid FEV1 decline defined as greater than 60ml/year or greater than or equal to 15% decline in FEV1 2. Structural abnormalities on imaging: I.Emphysema II.Air trapping/mosaicism 3. Self-reported prior history of tobacco-related cancer (oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, stomach, colorectal, liver and intrahepatic bile duct, pancreas, larynx, lung and bronchus, cervix uteri, kidney and renal pelvis, urinary bladder, and acute non-lymphocytic leukemia) and without evidence of disease for at least 5 years based on chart review 4. Self-reported family history of primary lung cancer in a first degree relative 5.No
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U.S. locations
- Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, COAurora, Colorado
- Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, ILChicago, Illinois
- Robley Rex VA Medical Center, Louisville, KYLouisville, Kentucky
- Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MOKansas City, Missouri
- Salisbury W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center, Salisbury, NCSalisbury, North Carolina
- Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville Campus, Nashville, TNNashville, Tennessee
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WASeattle, Washington
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