Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:32 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:32 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01344005
Eligibility Criteria:
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
* Patients over 60 seeing a participating General Practitioner
* Currently smokes 10 or more pack years, meeting at least one of the following criteria:
* New or altered cough of any duration reported to primary care
* Increased breathlessness or wheezing (with or without purulent sputum)
* Do not qualify for an urgent referral for a chest x-ray under the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines (i.e., hemoptysis or unexplained or persistent \[lasting \> 3 weeks\] signs or symptoms), including having any of the following:
* Cough
* Chest/shoulder pain
* Dyspnea
* Weight loss
* Chest signs
* Hoarseness
* Finger clubbing
* Features suggestive of metastasis from a lung cancer (e.g., in the brain, bone, liver, or skin)
* Cervical/supraclavicular lymphadenopathy
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* Not specified
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* No chest x-ray within in past 3 months
* No need for a chest x-ray within the next 3 weeks for reasons other than those listed under Disease Characteristics
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
60 Years
Study:
NCT01344005
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01344005