CONNECTing to LungCare A Smoking Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening Support Program for Adults in Primary Care

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to evaluate a smoking cessation intervention called CONNECTing to LungCare. The study focuses on improving shared decision-making conversations between patients who smoke or are candidates for lung cancer screening and their healthcare providers. Shared decision making is a process where patients and providers discuss risks and benefits together, helping patients make informed choices based on their values. This intervention is designed to support patients with education and tailored decision tools to promote smoking cessation and lung cancer screening. The intervention includes education about lung cancer screening benefits and risks, computerized assessments of smoking status and readiness to quit, and video segments tailored to individual responses. Participants in the intervention group receive a personalized summary to share with their providers, which highlights their concerns and barriers to quitting. This group also receives up to three follow-up phone calls over 10-15 minutes and may receive brief, tailored follow-up text messages 1-3 times weekly. Another group receives usual care from their healthcare providers. The study includes a beta testing phase for feedback and refinement. Participants will engage with the intervention before their primary care appointment. After the intervention, they are followed up at 1 and 3 months to assess smoking cessation rates, lung cancer screening rates, and shared decision making. The study also tracks recruitment, retention, adherence, and the time needed to reach the target sample size. Saliva samples and surveys will be collected as part of ancillary studies. The total participation duration varies, with follow-ups extending up to three months post-intervention.

CONNECTing to LungCare