Clinical trial · Interventional
Lung Cancer Screening CT for Firefighters
Early Cancer Detection in Firefighters With Low-Dose Chest CT: A Community-Based Approach
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Funding
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Firefighters are at increased risk for cancer due to exposure to carcinogenic substances. Current lung cancer screening guidelines are predominantly based on smoking history and do not take into account high risk occupational exposures such as firefighting. This study aims to provide chest computed tomography (CT) scans to firefighters to determine the prevalence of lung cancer, other cancers detectable on CT chest, and lung diseases associated with increased cancer risk.
Conditions
Conditions (10)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exposure, Inhalation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Exposure Occupational | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Exposure to Pollution | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Interstitial Lung Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Lung Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Lung Diseases, Interstitial | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Occupational Exposure | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Occupational Lung Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Smoke Inhalation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-dose Computerized tomography (CT) of Chest | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Medical History | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaires | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Firefighters (Lung Screening CT)
- description
- Participants will receive a single, low-dose, chest CT without contrast as indicated for lung cancer screening. Participants will be followed up for at least 1 year following the scan and have ongoing medical record reviews.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Low-dose Computerized tomography (CT) of Chest
- Other: Questionnaires
- Other: Medical History
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Firefighters with Previously Diagnosed Malignancy
- description
- Participants with a history of cancer will have a medical record review as part of a case-control cohort.
- interventionNames
- Other: Medical History
Primary outcomes (5)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 35 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 35 years or greater. If the participant is above the age of 80, participants must be otherwise healthy and well-fit to undergo treatment if lung cancer were to be discovered. 2. Never smoker or quit more than 15 years ago. 3. Able to understand study procedures and to comply with them for the entire length of the study. 4. Ability of individual or legal guardian/representative to understand a written informed consent document, and the willingness to sign it. 5. Length in profession for 10 or more years. This includes both volunteer firefighting and professional firefighting, self-attested as verifiable by professional records. Additional cases for Aim 2: 1. Age 18+, may include deceased firefighters. 2. A previous or current history of confirmed thoracic malignancy (except localized skin cancer, cancer in situ, or other localized cancers) Exclusion Criteria: * Aim 1: 1. Contraindication to any study-related procedure or assessment. 2. Personal history of malignancy within 5 years (except localized skin cancer, cancer in situ, or localized cancers that are definitively treated and are unlikely to recur) or lung cancer at any time. 3. Participants will be assessed for active pregnancy per standard procedure for clinical lung cancer screening CT at University of California, San Francisco which includes asking the participants directly along with documentation of whether the negative pregnancy was self-reported or confirmed with a urine pregnancy test. 4. Prior CT chest within 1 year. 5. Symptoms highly suggestive of lung cancer, including unexplained weight loss of over 30 pounds (lbs) within the past 12 months or unexplained hemoptysis. * Aim 2: No exclusion criteria
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