Chest X-Ray or Chest CT Scan in Patients at High Risk of Developing Lung Cancer
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00006087. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
A Randomized Prospective Study Comparing Annual Chest X-Rays to Annual Spiral Chest CT Scanning in Patients at High-Risk for the Development of Lung Cancer
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures such as chest x-ray and chest CT scans may be effective in early detection of lung cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of a chest CT scan given once a year with that of a chest x-ray given once a year in detecting lung cancer in patients at a high-risk of developing lung cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00006087
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- annual screening Procedure
- bronchoscopic and lung imaging studies Procedure
- comparison of screening methods Procedure
- computed tomography Procedure
- radiography Procedure
- study of high risk factors Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 40 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 31, 1999
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Not listed
- Last update posted
- Feb 8, 2009
Started 1999
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Hospital | Louisville | Kentucky | 40202-1886 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 8, 2009 · Synced Sep 18, 2026
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