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 Trial Title: 
 Image Discovering Early Lung Cancer Project 
 NCT ID: 
 NCT01914458 
 Condition: 
 Lung Cancer 
 Conditions: Official terms: 
 Lung Neoplasms 
 Conditions: Keywords: 
 Lung cancer 
 Low-dose computed tomography scan 
 Study type: 
 Interventional 
 Study phase: 
 Phase 2 
 Overall status: 
 Unknown status 
 Study design: 
 Allocation: 
 N/A 
 Intervention model: 
 Single Group Assignment 
 Primary purpose: 
 Diagnostic 
 Masking: 
 None (Open Label) 
 Intervention: 
 Intervention type: 
 Procedure 
 Intervention name: 
 Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) 
 Description: 
 Low-dose computed tomography scan 
 Arm group label: 
 Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) 
 Other name: 
 LDCT scan 
 Summary: 
 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death in Taiwan and world wide. The
application of low dose helical computed tomography (CT) has been the milestone of lung
cancer screening. Recently, The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) shows screening with
low-dose CT could reduce mortality from lung cancer. We conducted this clinical trial to
determine the efficacy of low dose CT in early lung cancer screening in Taiwan. 
 Detailed description: 
 This is a single center, single arm, non-randomized prospective study. We plan to enroll
persons between 50 and 74 years in age, who had cigarette smoking of at least 30
pack-years, and, if former smokers, had quit within the previous 15 years. Persons who
had previously received a diagnosis of lung cancer, had undergone chest CT within 18
months before enrollment, had hemoptysis, or had an unexplained weight loss of more than
6.8 kg in the preceding year were excluded.
All the participants should complete a questionnaire that covers many topics, including
demographic characteristics and smoking behavior. We also plan to collect additional data
for planned analyses of cost-effectiveness, and smoking cessation. Lung-cancer got by
biopsy and other biospecimens are available to researchers through a peer-review process
All screening examinations are planed to perform in accordance with a standard protocol,
developed by medical physicists associated with the trial, that specified acceptable
characteristics of the machine and acquisition variables. All low-dose CT scans are
acquired with the use of multidetector scanners with a minimum of 16 channels.
IDEALCAP radiologists are certified by appropriate agencies or boards and has completed
training in image acquisition; radiologists also has completed training in image quality
and standardized image interpretation. Images are interpreted first in isolation and then
in comparison with available historical images and images from prior IDEALCAP screening
examinations.
IDEALCAP primary analysis is the detection rate of lung cancer. Secondary analysis
include the detection rate of lung nodule, 5-year survival rate of persons with lung
cancer who receive standard surgical treatment, 5-year survival rate of persons with lung
cancer who receive alternative treatment other than standard surgical treatment (ex.
Radiotherapy, chemotherapy or target therapy), the correlation of CT images and cigarette
smoking history, the correlation of CT images and pulmonary function.
Key Word: low dose computed-tomography (LDCT), lung cancer screening 
 Criteria for eligibility: 
 Criteria: 
  
 Inclusion Criteria:
  -  Age 50-74 years
  -  30 or more pack-years of cigarette smoking history
  -  Former smokers: quit smoking within the previous 15 years
  -  Ability to tolerate CT procedure
  -  Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
  -  Severe uncontrolled heart, vascular, respiratory or endocrine pathology.
  -  Life-expectancy less than 1 year
  -  History of lung cancer
  -  Acute respiratory disease
  -  Hemoptysis.
  -  Weight loss more than 6.8 kg in the 12 months prior to eligibility assessment
  -  Participation in other cancer clinical trial
  -  Chest CT examination in the 12 months prior to eligibility assessment. 
  
 Gender: 
 All 
 Minimum age: 
 50 Years 
 Maximum age: 
 74 Years 
 Healthy volunteers: 
 Accepts Healthy Volunteers 
 Locations: 
 Facility: 
  
 Name: 
 Lotung Pohai General hospital 
 Address: 
  
 City: 
 Lotung 
 Country: 
 Taiwan 
 Status: 
 Recruiting 
 Investigator: 
  
 Last name: 
 Chung-Huang Hubert Chan, Doctor 
 Email: 
 Principal Investigator 
 Start date: 
 February 2013 
 Lead sponsor: 
  
 Agency: 
 Cathay General Hospital 
 Agency class: 
 Other 
 Source: 
 Cathay General Hospital 
 Record processing date: 
 ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024 
 Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page: 
 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01914458