Iraqi Trial for Lung Cancer Screening

Lung Cancer Clinical Trial

— ITLUCAS  

Official title:

Iraqi Trial for Lung Cancer Screening

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04366661
• Other study ID #: OTH267
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: April 2022

Study information

• Verified date: March 2021
• Source: Oncology Teaching Hospital, Baghdad
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Lung cancer is a global problem. Worldwide, 1.2 million people die of lung cancer each year. In Iraq, lung cancer is the most common malignancy after breast cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death. Tobacco smoking plays a major role in lung cancer; it is reported in 85-90% of lung cancer patients yet environmental tobacco smoke, environmental and domestic air pollution, work-related risk factors, radon exposure, and viruses may also have an impact on lung cancer incidence rates. Early detection of the disease before patients develop symptoms considers the best way to improve patient outcomes. IT LUCAS is designed to evaluate the utility of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening in early detection and management of lung cancer in high-risk people.

Description:

Background Lung cancer is a global problem. Worldwide, 1.2 million people die of lung cancer each year. In Iraq, lung cancer is the most common malignancy after breast cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death. Tobacco smoking plays a major role in lung cancer; it is reported in 85-90% of lung cancer patients yet environmental tobacco smoke, environmental and domestic air pollution, work-related risk factors, radon exposure, and viruses may also have an impact on lung cancer incidence rates. Early detection of the disease before patients develop symptoms considers the best way to improve patient outcomes. Screening for lung cancer using low dose computed tomography (LDCT) has been the subject of research studies since the 1990s. It has been reported to be superior to CXR and septum cytology for small tumors detection.

Aim of the study IT LUCAS is designed to evaluate the utility of LDCT screening in early detection and management of lung cancer in high-risk people in Iraq.

Study design 500 healthy participants aged 50-75 years with a history of smoking of at least 30 pack year of smoking were recruited from Ministries of Oil and Transport. They were offered Low dose CT of the chest. Nodules with suspicious (Lung RADs 4A or 4B) findings were classified as positive and referred to the Respiratory Department for further workup and biopsy. Nodules with Lung RADS 3 features are reviewed after 6 months while those with Lung RADS 2 offered a LDCT after 12 months.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: April 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 50 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• male or female

• aged between 50 and 75

• smokers or ex-smoker

• tobacco exposure of more than 30 pack-years

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of cancer within the last 5 years other than non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ,

• heart or respiratory severe co-morbidity with contraindications to thoracoscopy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasms

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• low dose CT
Invited participants from institutes exposed to a high level of smoke pollution such as employees of Transport and Oil Ministries are inquired for their personal history of cigarette smoking then subjected to low dose CT

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Iraq	Oncology Teaching Hospital	Baghdad

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Oncology Teaching Hospital, Baghdad

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Iraq, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The efficacy of LD CT in lung cancer screening	The number of lung nodules with Lung RADS 4A, 4B and 4X, cancer predictive value and false-positive value	2 years
Secondary	noncancerous lung lesions	the number of nodules with Lung RADS 2 and 3 features	2 years

External Links

•   Iraqi Cancer Rigistry