Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

HANSE - Holistic Implementation Study Assessing a Northern German Interdisciplinary Lung Cancer Screening Effort

Lead Sponsor:

Hannover Medical School

Collaborating Sponsors:

LungenClinic Grosshansdorf

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein

Conditions:

Lung Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

55-79 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The HANSE study is primarily intended as a pilot to provide evidence that a holistic and effective lung cancer screening program can be implemented in Germany and that such a screening program can be ...

Detailed Description

Germany has a long history of offering screening programs for cancers, such as breast, colorectal, and, more recently, cervical and skin cancer. Screening for lung cancer, however, which causes more d...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female subjects aged 55-79 years
  • Current or former smokers
  • Subjects with calculated risk score PLCOM2012 ≥1.58% (6 yrs.) or NELSON inclusion criteria (current or former smokers \[those who had quit ≤10 years ago\] who had smoked \>15 cigarettes a day for \>25 years or \>10 cigarettes a day for \>30 years).
  • Able and willing to give written informed consent In addition, non-qualifying subjects fulfilling inclusion criteria 1 (age), 2 (smoking history) and 4 (consent), but do not meet the inclusion criterion 3 (risk too low) will be asked to volunteer by contributing long-term outcome data informing of the development of lung cancer or death from lung cancer (about n=7100 randomly selected from all 3 centers, low-risk group). These subjects will be contacted via mail after a minimum of 5 year follow up to inquire if they developed lung cancer in the time between their recruitment and present. Non-responders will be followed by local registries and by phone. New lung cancer cases will be verified using official hospital or cancer registry documents.

Exclusion

  • Comorbidity, which would unequivocally contraindicate either screening or treatment if lung cancer is detected.
  • History of chest CT within the past year preceding the invitation.
  • Inability to undergo non-contrast CT (e.g. ≥ 200 kg body weight, inability to lie flat).
  • Pregnancy
  • Risk of non-compliance with study procedures.
  • Unable to give written consent
  • Patient's inability to fill in the questionnaire self-dependent
  • Limited knowledge of the German language
  • Inability to travel, residents of care facilities, etc.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 20 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

12100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04913155

Start Date

May 20 2021

End Date

January 1 2028

Last Update

October 2 2025

Active Locations (3)

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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, 30625

2

LungenClinic Grosshansdorf

Großhansdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 22927

3

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 23538