A Community Health Worker Intervention to Improve Lung Cancer Screening Uptake in Community Health Centers
Lung cancer screening (LCS) can reduce lung cancer-related mortality by 20%, but only 5-10% of eligible individuals have received an initial LCS. The goal of this study is to partner with community stakeholders to jointly develop and pilot test a multi-component community health worker-delivered intervention targeting key barriers to improve LCS and tobacco treatment utilization. The proposed activities will lay the groundwork for a subsequent R01 grant, conducting a fully powered randomized clinical trial to establish CHWs as an evidence-based practice that will facilitate access to screening and tobacco treatment, to reduce lung cancer mortality.
Checked against the public recordLast updated Aug 21, 2026 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Baystate Medical Center
- Interventions being studied
- Behavioral: Community health worker delivered outreach, shared decision-making, tobacco treatment, and navigation; Other: Enhanced Usual Care
How this study is categorized
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Who may be able to participate
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults between the age of 50 and 80. * Potentially eligible for LCS according to the Electronic Health Record smoking history. * Receive their primary care at Mason Square, High Street, or Brightwood community health centers. * English- or Spanish- speaking. Exclusion Criteria: * Not eligible for lung cancer screening based on age (age \< 50 or \> 80 years) or smoking history (has not smoked more than 20 pack-years of tobacco cigarettes or quit more than 15 years ago). * Have received a lung cancer screen in the past.
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- Baystate HealthSpringfield, Massachusetts
Source and freshness
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