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 @ 12:14 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:14 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00503958
Eligibility Criteria:
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
* Prospective cohort:
* All residents (n=326,000), aged 45-79, within the designated Liverpool postcode study area will be eligible for entry into the study
* 7,500 people will be randomly selected from this population via general practitioner's (GP's) lists held by each Primary Care Trust
* All the GP's who have practices within the study area will be asked to collaborate with the project
* Case-control:
* Patients: Newly diagnosed cases of primary lung cancer
* All cases of epithelial tumors of the trachea, bronchus, and lung will be included
* Two controls per case who are matched for age (+/- 2 years) and gender and will be randomly selected from the Liverpool Lung Project prospective cohort
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* Inclusion Criteria:
* Prospective cohort:
* Age 45-79
* Living within the Liverpool electoral wards
* Case-control:
* Upper age limit of 80 years old
* Resident within Liverpool Lung Project area
* Exclusion Criteria:
* Both cohorts:
* Unable to provide competent informed consent
* Ineligible to approach based on consultant/clinical team advice
* Infectious respiratory disease (i.e., chest infection and are on antibiotics) within the past 3 months
* Untreated pulmonary tuberculosis within the past 3 months
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* Participant and/or patient must not have had any of the following treatments within the last 3 months and is not planning to undergo any of them:
* Cardiac surgery
* Thoracic surgery
* Carotid artery surgery
* Abdominal surgery
* Chemotherapy
* Deep x-ray therapy
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
45 Years
Maximum Age:
79 Years
Study:
NCT00503958
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00503958