About this trial
The investigators proposal is ripe for executing as the investigators seek to leverage this "natural experiment" initiated by the BJC health system to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pink \& Pearl Campaign as an implementation strategy to promote lung cancer screening (LCS) uptake among LCS-eligible women undergoing mammography at BJC West County. This evaluation is grounded in the Integrated Screening Action Model that depicts individual- and environmental-level influences on the screening behavior process. Using an explanatory sequential mixed methods design, which combines both quantitative and qualitative approaches, the research questions and specific aims for this proposal are to: a) evaluate the baseline prevalence of LCS among LCS-eligible women; b) assess whether the Pink \& Pearl Campaign increases referrals and uptake/ completion of LCS among LCS-eligible women undergoing screening mammography; and c) evaluate individual and environmental factors influencing LCS uptake, and implementation outcomes of the campaign. These implementation outcomes will help identify whether the campaign was put in place successfully or not. This proposal will inform strategies for integrating cancer screening programs to improve poorly performing programs like LCS.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Undergoing screening mammography
Between the ages of 50-80 years (inclusive)
Reporting a 20 pack-year equivalent of either current smoking history or have quit in the past 15 years
Can speak and understand English
Disqualifiers
Diagnosed with a serious health problem that will likely limit life expectancy (such as previous history of lung cancer, symptoms of lung cancer such as hemoptysis or unexplained weight loss of more than 6.8 kg (15 lb) in the previous year)
Subjects with symptoms of lung cancer should get a diagnostic CT scan
Unable or unwilling to get treatment if lung cancer is found
Older than 20 years of age
Trial population
Women within the BJC West County electronic health record (EHR) who are scheduled to undergo screening mammography and are eligible for LCS, based on 2021 USPSTF guidelines. In addition to patients, healthcare providers involved in the breast radiology service who referred women to the Pink and Pearl project will also be included as study participants for the qualitative in-depth interviews. This group may include medical doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, nurse navigators, and physician assistants. Up to 15 healthcare providers will be interviewed.
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Prevalence of LCS-eligible women who opt-in to, and successfully, complete LCS mammography and opt-in to lung cancer screening
Number of women screened for LCS
Number of women screened for LCS
Feasibility of Pink and Pearl project
Feasibility is defined as the extent to which the strategy is suitable for routine use in a setting. Information on the feasibility of the Pink and Pearl campaign from healthcare providers will be collected using in-depth interviewing.
Secondary outcomes
Median time to lung cancer screening
Number of women who have a positive lung radiology screening
Rate of follow-up for a positive screening examination
False positive rates
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