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Lung CancerNCT05762731

Screening for Lung Cancer in Subjects With Family History of Lung Cancer

An observational study of Lung Cancer, run by The University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.

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Trial summary

Lung cancer can be detected via screening of high-risk individuals, i.e current or ex-heavy smokers, with low-dose computer tomography (LDCT) of thorax. The National Lung Screening Trial in US and the NELSON trial in Europe demonstrated reduction in lung cancer mortality with LDCT screening for lung cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 50 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
Low dose CT thorax
How many people
1,520 participants
Where
1 siteHong Kong
Study dates
1 Feb 2023to May 2028
How long will I take part?
3 Years
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 50 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Subjects with lung cancer and to invite them to participate by (i) naming their first degree relatives to be further invited for the following study procedures, and (ii) provide a blood and urine sample as detailed below for archival and future analysis of relevant biomarkers. The patients' first degree relatives will be contacted by PA's research team and invited for study participation with the following study procedures.

Who may be able to join

  • Age 50-75, men or women, smokers or non-smokers
  • Being first degree relatives (Siblings, children, and parents) of lung cancer subjects
  • Having no known lung cancer before

Who cannot join

  • Non-Chinese
  • Mentally incompetent to give informed consent

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Hong Kong1 site, 1 recruiting

  • University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 0

    David CL Lam, MBBS, FRCP(Edin), FCCP, FACP, +852 2255 5814, dcllam@hku.hk

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About this study

Lung cancer can be detected via screening of high-risk individuals, i.e current or ex-heavy smokers, with low-dose computer tomography (LDCT) of thorax. The National Lung Screening Trial in US and the NELSON trial in Europe demonstrated reduction in lung cancer mortality with LDCT screening for lung cancer. In Hong Kong, however, there is a prominence of female never-smokers with lung cancer. There is no identifiable risk factors for non-smokers with lung cancer except family history of lung cancer. The hypothesis is that lung cancer screening for subjects with family history of lung cancer, can detect early lung cancer.

Read the detailed description

The primary aim of this prospective study is to find out the rate of lung cancer detection in subjects who are first degree relatives of lung cancer patients. Secondary aims include studying the characteristics of screen-detected lung cancer. This is a multi-centered prospective cohort study. 1,520 subjects who are first degree relatives of lung cancer patients at four public hospitals in Hong Kong will be screened. Intervention Detailed questionnaires and LDCT Thorax will be performed. The primary outcome measure is the number of lung cancers detected by this study. The screening-detection rate of lung cancer in first-degree relatives of lung cancer patients will be estimated.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Being tested
Low dose CT thorax
Keywords
Lung cancer, Screening, Family history
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Low dose CT thoraxDiagnostic test

    A multi-detector row CT scanner with minimum section collimation of ≤1 mm and minimum number of data acquisition channels ≥ 16will be employed.

  • Low dose CT thoraxDiagnostic test

    Control subjects will also proceed to CT thorax, and outcome measures be compared to subjects

Study groups in NCT05762731
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
First degree relatives of lung cancer patientsAge 50-75, men or women, smokers or non-smokers. Being first degree relatives (siblings, children and parents) of lung cancer subjects. Having no known lung cancer before.
Receives: Diagnostic Test: Low dose CT thorax
Control groupNon-lung cancer subjects who are not related any lung cancer patients
Receives: Diagnostic Test: Low dose CT thorax

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. The rate of lung cancer detection in subjects with family history of lung cancer

    The number of screening-detected lung cancer among first degree relatives of lung cancer patients.

    Measured: An average of 2.5 years

Secondary outcomes (1)

  1. The characteristics of screening detected lung cancer

    Stage distribution of lung cancer detected.

    Measured: An average of 2.5 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted10 Mar 2023
  2. Study start1 Feb 2023
  3. Primary completionApr 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMay 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
1,520 participants (estimated)
Target duration
3 Years
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05762731
Sponsor's protocol ID
HKU_UW_19_444
Status last verified
May 2026
First submitted
14 Feb 2023
Last updated
9 Jun 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided: The relevant biomarkers from blood and urine sample collected

Publications

  • Aberle DR, DeMello S, Berg CD, Black WC, Brewer B, Church TR, Clingan KL, Duan F, Fagerstrom RM, Gareen IF, Gatsonis CA, Gierada DS, Jain A, Jones GC, Mahon I, Marcus PM, Rathmell JM, Sicks J; National Lung Screening Trial Research Team. Results of the two incidence screenings in the National Lung Screening Trial. N Engl J Med. 2013 Sep 5;369(10):920-31. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1208962.

    PubMed 24004119

  • de Koning HJ, Meza R, Plevritis SK, ten Haaf K, Munshi VN, Jeon J, Erdogan SA, Kong CY, Han SS, van Rosmalen J, Choi SE, Pinsky PF, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Berg CD, Black WC, Tammemagi MC, Hazelton WD, Feuer EJ, McMahon PM. Benefits and harms of computed tomography lung cancer screening strategies: a comparative modeling study for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Mar 4;160(5):311-20. doi: 10.7326/M13-2316.

    PubMed 24379002

  • Moyer VA; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for lung cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Mar 4;160(5):330-8. doi: 10.7326/M13-2771.

    PubMed 24378917

  • Tammemagi MC, Lam S. Screening for lung cancer using low dose computed tomography. BMJ. 2014 May 27;348:g2253. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g2253.

    PubMed 24865600

  • Field JK, Aberle DR, Altorki N, Baldwin DR, Dresler C, Duffy SW, Goldstraw P, Hirsch FR, Pedersen JH, de Koning HJ, Mulshine JL, Sullivan DC, Tsao MS, Travis WD; International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Strategic Screening Advisory Committee. The International Association Study Lung Cancer (IASLC) Strategic Screening Advisory Committee (SSAC) response to the USPSTF recommendations. J Thorac Oncol. 2014 Feb;9(2):141-3. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000060. No abstract available.

    PubMed 24419409

  • Tammemagi MC, Katki HA, Hocking WG, Church TR, Caporaso N, Kvale PA, Chaturvedi AK, Silvestri GA, Riley TL, Commins J, Berg CD. Selection criteria for lung-cancer screening. N Engl J Med. 2013 Feb 21;368(8):728-36. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1211776.

    PubMed 23425165

  • Cote ML, Liu M, Bonassi S, Neri M, Schwartz AG, Christiani DC, Spitz MR, Muscat JE, Rennert G, Aben KK, Andrew AS, Bencko V, Bickeboller H, Boffetta P, Brennan P, Brenner H, Duell EJ, Fabianova E, Field JK, Foretova L, Friis S, Harris CC, Holcatova I, Hong YC, Isla D, Janout V, Kiemeney LA, Kiyohara C, Lan Q, Lazarus P, Lissowska J, Le Marchand L, Mates D, Matsuo K, Mayordomo JI, McLaughlin JR, Morgenstern H, Mueller H, Orlow I, Park BJ, Pinchev M, Raji OY, Rennert HS, Rudnai P, Seow A, Stucker I, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Dawn Teare M, Tjonnelan A, Ugolini D, van der Heijden HF, Wichmann E, Wiencke JK, Woll PJ, Yang P, Zaridze D, Zhang ZF, Etzel CJ, Hung RJ. Increased risk of lung cancer in individuals with a family history of the disease: a pooled analysis from the International Lung Cancer Consortium. Eur J Cancer. 2012 Sep;48(13):1957-68. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.01.038. Epub 2012 Mar 19.

    PubMed 22436981

  • Liu P, Vikis HG, Wang D, Lu Y, Wang Y, Schwartz AG, Pinney SM, Yang P, de Andrade M, Petersen GM, Wiest JS, Fain PR, Gazdar A, Gaba C, Rothschild H, Mandal D, Coons T, Lee J, Kupert E, Seminara D, Minna J, Bailey-Wilson JE, Wu X, Spitz MR, Eisen T, Houlston RS, Amos CI, Anderson MW, You M. Familial aggregation of common sequence variants on 15q24-25.1 in lung cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Sep 17;100(18):1326-30. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn268. Epub 2008 Sep 9.

    PubMed 18780872

  • Wu AH, Fontham ET, Reynolds P, Greenberg RS, Buffler P, Liff J, Boyd P, Correa P. Family history of cancer and risk of lung cancer among lifetime nonsmoking women in the United States. Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Mar 15;143(6):535-42. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008783.

    PubMed 8610670

  • Amos CI, Pinney SM, Li Y, Kupert E, Lee J, de Andrade MA, Yang P, Schwartz AG, Fain PR, Gazdar A, Minna J, Wiest JS, Zeng D, Rothschild H, Mandal D, You M, Coons T, Gaba C, Bailey-Wilson JE, Anderson MW. A susceptibility locus on chromosome 6q greatly increases lung cancer risk among light and never smokers. Cancer Res. 2010 Mar 15;70(6):2359-67. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-3096. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

    PubMed 20215501

  • Li X, Hemminki K. Inherited predisposition to early onset lung cancer according to histological type. Int J Cancer. 2004 Nov 10;112(3):451-7. doi: 10.1002/ijc.20436.

    PubMed 15382071

  • National Lung Screening Trial Research Team; Aberle DR, Adams AM, Berg CD, Black WC, Clapp JD, Fagerstrom RM, Gareen IF, Gatsonis C, Marcus PM, Sicks JD. Reduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening. N Engl J Med. 2011 Aug 4;365(5):395-409. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1102873. Epub 2011 Jun 29.

    PubMed 21714641

  • Field JK, Duffy SW. Lung cancer CT screening: are we ready to consider screening biennially in a subgroup of low-risk individuals? Thorax. 2018 Nov;73(11):1006-1007. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-211814. Epub 2018 Jun 28. No abstract available.

    PubMed 29954858

  • Walter JE, Heuvelmans MA, Bock GH, Yousaf-Khan U, Groen HJM, Aalst CMV, Nackaerts K, Ooijen PMAV, Koning HJ, Vliegenthart R, Oudkerk M. Characteristics of new solid nodules detected in incidence screening rounds of low-dose CT lung cancer screening: the NELSON study. Thorax. 2018 Aug;73(8):741-747. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211376. Epub 2018 Apr 16.

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  • MacMahon H, Naidich DP, Goo JM, Lee KS, Leung ANC, Mayo JR, Mehta AC, Ohno Y, Powell CA, Prokop M, Rubin GD, Schaefer-Prokop CM, Travis WD, Van Schil PE, Bankier AA. Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images: From the Fleischner Society 2017. Radiology. 2017 Jul;284(1):228-243. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2017161659. Epub 2017 Feb 23.

    PubMed 28240562

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Lung Cancer, run by The University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Hong Kong. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

The rate of lung cancer detection in subjects with family history of lung cancer (time frame: An average of 2.5 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05762731, which also lists 20 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Jun 2026.

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