CONNECTing to LungCare

March 13, 2026 updated by: University of California, San Francisco
This study evaluates a smoking cessation intervention (CONNECTing to LungCare) for improving shared decision-making conversations about smoking cessation and lung cancer screening between patients and providers. Shared decision making is a patient care model in which providers offer information regarding risks and benefits, patients express their values and preferences, and then healthcare decisions are jointly discussed between the patient and provider. Patient education, aided by decision support tools, can increase patients' knowledge, decrease their decisional conflict, promote decision making, and improve the patients' perception of risk. CONNECTing to LungCare is an interactive education intervention that addresses lung cancer screening and smoking cessation and provides participants with a tailored summary that may make them more likely to have shared decision-making discussions with their providers about smoking cessation and lung cancer screening.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

Aim 1: Development of the smoking cessation and LCS intervention, CONNECTing to LungCare.

Aim 2: Test CONNECTing to Lung Care for Feasibility and Acceptability (N=120)

Aim 3: To qualitatively evaluate feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and study procedures from the perspectives of patients, providers, staff and administrators and other stakeholders.

OUTLINE:

BETA TESTING: Participants interact with the CONNECTing to LungCare intervention and provide feedback in support of intervention refinement.

FEASIBILITY TRIAL: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 groups.

GROUP I: Participants receive the CONNECTing to LungCare intervention, including education about the benefits and risks of LCS and the importance of shared decision making, computerized assessments of the participant's smoking status, readiness to quit and concerns about quitting, and video segments tailored to the participant's responses to assessment questions, prior to their primary care appointment. Participants and their providers receive a tailored summary of the participant's concerns and barriers to quitting to enhance motivation for smoking cessation and shared decision making discussions. Participants then receive up to 3 follow-up phone calls over 10-15 minutes each encouraging them to follow up with their provider, to complete the shared decision-making conversation, obtain LCS if appropriate, and access smoking cessation resources. Participants may also receive brief, tailored follow-up text messages that include links to video segments or cessation resources 1-3 times weekly.

GROUP II: Participants receive usual care from their provider at their primary care appointment.

After completion of study intervention, participants are followed up at 1 and 3 months.

Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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147

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
        • Recruiting
        • University of California, San Francisco
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Judith Walsh-Cassidy, MD
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • English, Spanish and Cantonese speaking
  • Age >= 18 years old
  • Primary care patients at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) General Internal Medicine (GIM) clinics
  • Must be current smokers and/or candidates for Lung Cancer Screening (LCS).

Key Informant Interviews:

- Must be working in one of the clinics participating in CONNECTing to LungCare.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not a current smoker

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Other: Beta testing (CONNECTing to LungCare, feedback)
Participants interact with the CONNECTing to LungCare intervention and provide feedback in support of intervention refinement.
Other: Survey Administration
Ancillary studies
Behavioral: Smoking Cessation Intervention
Multimedia program administered either remotely or in person
Other Names:
  • CONNECTing to LungCare intervention
Experimental: Feasibility trial, Group I (CONNECTing to LungCare)
Participants receive the CONNECTing to LungCare intervention, including education about the benefits and risks of LCS and the importance of shared decision making, computerized assessments of the participant's smoking status, readiness to quit and concerns about quitting, and video segments tailored to the participant's responses to assessment questions, prior to their primary care appointment. Participants and their providers receive a tailored summary of the participant's concerns and barriers to quitting to enhance motivation for smoking cessation and shared decision-making discussions. Participants then receive up to 3 follow-up phone calls over 10-15 minutes each encouraging them to follow up with their provider, to complete the shared decision-making conversation, obtain LCS if appropriate, and access smoking cessation resources. Participants may also receive brief, tailored follow-up text messages that include links to video segments or cessation resources 1-3 times weekly.
Other: Survey Administration
Ancillary studies
Behavioral: Smoking Cessation Intervention
Multimedia program administered either remotely or in person
Other Names:
  • CONNECTing to LungCare intervention
Other: Saliva Collection
Saliva samples will be collected from each participant
Other Names:
  • Biospecimen Collection
  • Specimen Sample
  • Saliva Sample
Active Comparator: Feasibility trial, Group II (usual care)
Participants receive usual care from their provider at their primary care appointment.
Other: Survey Administration
Ancillary studies
Behavioral: Smoking Cessation Intervention
Multimedia program administered either remotely or in person
Other Names:
  • CONNECTing to LungCare intervention
Other: Saliva Collection
Saliva samples will be collected from each participant
Other Names:
  • Biospecimen Collection
  • Specimen Sample
  • Saliva Sample

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Recruitment rate
Time Frame: Up to 1 year
The percentage of participants who were contacted and joined the study will be reported.
Up to 1 year
Retention rates
Time Frame: Up to 1 year
The percentage of participants who joined the study and completed the program will be reported.
Up to 1 year
Adherence rates
Time Frame: Up to 1 year
The percentage of participants who joined the study and completed all tasks within the program will be reported.
Up to 1 year
Overall time required to recruit to the target sample size (Feasibility Cohort)
Time Frame: Up to 1 year
The overall time in weeks required to recruit participants for the feasibility cohort will be reported.
Up to 1 year
Number of eligible participants
Time Frame: Up to 1 year
The number of eligible participants required to recruit the required sample size will be reported
Up to 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Smoking cessation rates
Time Frame: At 3 months
Will evaluate the impact of the intervention on smoking cessation rates. Rates of smoking cessation will be measured by self-report and validated by salivary cotinine levels.
At 3 months
Lung cancer screening (LCS) rates
Time Frame: Up to 3 months
Rates of LCS will be evaluated through review of the electronic health record (EHR)
Up to 3 months
Shared decision making about LCS
Time Frame: Up to 3 months
Evidence of shared decision-making conversation will be obtained through one week follow up phone call and with review of the EHR three months after the primary care physician visit.
Up to 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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University of California, San Francisco

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Tobacco Related Disease Research Program
Alere San Diego

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Judith Walsh-Cassidy, MD, University of California, San Francisco

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
December 3, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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November 30, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
November 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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January 9, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 9, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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January 19, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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March 17, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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March 13, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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March 1, 2026

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 226311
  • NCI-2023-10506 (Registry Identifier: NCI Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP))

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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