Lung Cancer Screening in High-risk Black Individuals

The goal of this single-arm pilot research study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for lung cancer among U.S. Black individuals with a history of smoking.

LDCT screening is currently the only recommended way to screen for lung cancer among high-risk individuals. However, many Black individuals at high-risk for lunch cancer are currently ineligible for lung cancer screening.

Study procedures include screening for eligibility, completion of questionnaires, and a LDCT screening test.

Participation in this study is expected to last up to 3 months.

It is expected about 900 people will participate in this study.

Inclusion criteria

• Self-identified Black individual.
• Have a self-reported history of smoking. No restriction will be placed on the number of smoking pack years participants must have nor the number of years former smokers must have quit smoking.
• Aged 50-80 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals with a history of lung cancer.
• Individuals with symptoms suggestive of lung cancer. We will evaluate whether individuals have symptoms suggestive of lung cancer by administering an online screening questionnaire, which will ask whether they have experienced shortness of breath, whether they become easily winded, and whether they have had a chronic cough within the last 12 weeks that has not improved. Individuals who select that they have any one of these symptoms will be advised to follow up with their primary doctor and will not be eligible to participate in the study.
• Individuals with pneumonia or acute respiratory infection within 12 weeks prior to enrollment that was treated with antibiotics.