Pioglitazone for Lung Cancer Chemoprevention
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00780234. 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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Brief summary
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This is a chemoprevention trial evaluating the diabetic agent pioglitazone. Non-diabetic subjects at risk for lung cancer (based on smoking history, lung function testing, and atypical cells in a sputum sample) receive either placebo or pioglitazone and have chest computerized tomography (CAT) scans and examinations of their airways with a bronchoscope at the start of the trial and after 6 months on treatment. Compensation will be provided to the subject after completing the trial.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00780234
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 92 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- fluorescence bronchoscopy Procedure
- quantitative high resolution CT scan Procedure
- PIOGLITAZONE VS. PLACEBO 30 mg Drug
Procedure · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- 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
- Jul 31, 2009
- Primary completion
- May 31, 2016
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2017
- Last update posted
- Apr 10, 2019
2009 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO | Denver | Colorado | 80220 | — |
| Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville Campus, Nashville, TN | Nashville | Tennessee | 37212-2637 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 10, 2019 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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