The DANTE Trial. A Randomized Study on Lung Cancer Screening With Low-Dose Spiral Computed Tomography

January 10, 2007 updated by: Istituto Clinico Humanitas
High survival rates have been reported for screen-detected Stage I lung cancer patients, but there are concerns about the potential biases of uncontrolled studies. DANTE is a prospective randomized controlled trial exploring the effects of screening with LDCT on lung-cancer-specific mortality, and on the prevalence and incidence rates of lung cancer, stage distribution and resectability rates in a selected high-risk population. The prevalence of a set of biomarkers in sputum and blood samples is also being determined.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

2400

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Italy
    • MI
      • Rozzano, MI, Italy, 20089
        • Istituto Clinico Humanitas

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

60 years to 74 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male sex
  • Age 60-74 years
  • smokers of more than 20 cigarettes/day for at least 20 years (actual smokers or ex-smokers from no more than 10 years)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • severe cardiopathy
  • advanced BPCO with chronic hypoxaemia (rest SatO2 < 94%)
  • chronic severe renal insufficiency
  • hypertension not controlled with drugs
  • type 2 diabetes or other severe systemic disease
  • severe previous cerebrovascular lesions with permanent invalidity (not self-sufficient).
  • severe vascular lesions with repeated ictus, trophic lesions, or limb loss, if actual smoker
  • Dementia, psychosis, severe depression or maniac-depressive syndrome
  • actual or precedent neoplasia, excepted skin tumor not-melanoma or scaly cells laryngeal and buccal cavity tumor, N0, recovered from more than 10 years or other tumors recovered from more than 10 years
  • transplantation less than 5 years or with rejection episodes in the last 2 years
  • unable subjects

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: Screening
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Istituto Clinico Humanitas

Collaborators

Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Gianni Ravasi, MD, Istituto Clinico Humanitas

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2001

Study Completion

February 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 10, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 10, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

January 11, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 11, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 10, 2007

Last Verified

January 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • DANTE

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