Lung Cancer Screening in a Population Exposed to Occupational Lung Carcinogens (LUCSO)

LUng Cancer Screening With Low-dose Computed Tomography in a Population Exposed to Occupational Lung Carcinogens

The good clinical practice guidelines for the surveillance of workers after occupational exposure to lung carcinogens were approved by the Haute Autorité de la Santé (French National Authority for Health) and the Institut National du Cancer (French National Cancer Institute) in December 2015 and one recommendation of these guidelines concerns the setting-up of a trial of low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening in subjects occupationally exposed to lung carcinogens at high-risk of lung cancer (Expert consensus).

In LUCSO study, the investigators propose to conduct, under strictly defined conditions, a feasibility study of lung cancer screening in a population defined as being at high risk of lung cancer according to these good clinical practice guidelines. This population consists of smokers, aged from 55 to 74 years, currently or previously exposed to International Agency for Research on Cancer lung group 1 lung carcinogens.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the complex organization of lung cancer screening in the target population. This evaluation will focus on the following indicators:

• Screening activity indicator: screening coverage rate over two years
• Test quality indicator: validity of self-administered questionnaires to target the high-risk population
• Examination quality indicator: lung cancer detection rate, lung cancer detection rates by stage, validity of low-dose chest CT scan
• Follow-up indicator: smoking cessation rate, mortality rate This trial will be conducted in 8 French departments, by six reference centers specialized in occupational health (SRC).

In view of the exploratory nature of this trial, it is proposed to initially test the feasibility and acceptability of lung cancer screening sequentially over the first two years (Phase 1: 2021-2023, 24 months) in only two SRC (Val-de-Marne and Gironde).

The trial will be conducted in several steps:

1. Identification of subjects currently or previously occupationally exposed to lung carcinogens by a screening invitation letter sent by Departmental Cancer Screening Centers to subjects aged from 55 to 74 years.
2. Evaluation of occupational exposure to lung carcinogens
3. Evaluation of the lung cancer risk level and verification of eligibility
4. Screening procedure: Chest CT scans will be performed by centers specialized in chest imaging
5. Lung cancer follow-up when an abnormality suggestive of lung cancer is demonstrated.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Lung Cancer

Detailed Description

The good clinical practice guidelines for the surveillance of workers after occupational exposure to lung carcinogens were approved by the Haute Autorité de la Santé (French National Authority for Health) and the Institut National du Cancer (French National Cancer Institute) in December 2015 and the Recommendation R12 of these guidelines concerns the setting-up of a trial of low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening in subjects occupationally exposed to lung carcinogens at high-risk of lung cancer (Expert consensus).

In LUCSO study, the investigators propose to conduct, under strictly defined conditions, a feasibility study of lung cancer screening in a population defined as being at high risk of lung cancer according to these good clinical practice guidelines. This population consists of smokers, aged from 55 to 74 years, currently or previously exposed to International Agency for Research on Cancer lung group 1 lung carcinogens.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the organization of lung cancer screening in the target population. This evaluation will focus on the following indicators:

• Screening activity indicator: screening coverage rate over two years
• Test quality indicator: validity of self-administered questionnaires to target the high-risk population
• Examination quality indicator: lung cancer detection rate, lung cancer detection rates by stage, validity of low-dose chest CT scan
• Follow-up indicator: smoking cessation rate, mortality rate

The secondary objectives of the study are:

• Describe the population recruited in each step of the protocol
• Develop a tool to identify subjects exposed to pulmonary carcinogens and with high-risk of lung cancer
• Evaluate the impact of the proposed screening programme on smoking cessation at one, two and three years.
• Evaluate the social impact of the screening campaign
• Conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of the programme

The proposed study will take place in multidisciplinary and specialized reference centers (SRC) in various French districts participating in the programme, to welcome patients participating. It is organized into six workpackages (WP):

• WP1: Methodology - Epidemiology
• WP2: Evaluation of occupational exposure
• WP3: Imaging
• WP4: Lung cancer follow-up strategy
• WP5: Smoking cessation
• WP6: Medico-economic analysis Six specialized reference centers are proposed in four different regions in order to test a potential region effect and to allow the recruitment by each SRC of about 200 to 600 new eligible subjects per year and per department according to the population and the age pyramid of each department
• SRC1: Centre Intercommunal de Créteil for the Val-de-Marne (94), Seine-et-Marne (77), and Essonne (91) departments
• SRC2: Bordeaux University Hospital for the Gironde (33) department
• SRC3: Rennes University Hospital for the Ille-et-Vilaine (35) department
• SRC4: Brest University Hospital for the Finistère (29) department
• SRC5: Caen University Hospital for the Calvados (14) department
• SRC6: Rouen University Hospital for the Seine-Maritime (76) department

Each of these centers is voluntary and possesses the four essential prerequisites: an occupational health clinic - radiology team with specific skills in chest imaging - pulmonology team or network of pulmonologists specialized in lung cancer - smoking cessation team.

In view of the complexity of this organization, it is proposed to initially test the feasibility and acceptability of the screening programme sequentially for the first two years (24 months) in two SRCs (SRC1 and SRC2): "Phase 1: 2021-2023". It is expected to extend the study to the other SRCs after two years: "Phase 2: 2023-2029". Ad hoc adjustments will be decided for the creation of SRCs in the third year on the basis of the data acquired in the two pilot departments, especially on the expected target population participation rate. Mortality will be monitored at least until 2031.

The trial will be conducted in several steps:

1. Identification of subjects currently or previously occupationally exposed to lung carcinogens by a screening invitation letter sent by Departmental Cancer Screening Centers to subjects aged from 55 to 74 years.
2. Evaluation of occupational exposure to lung carcinogens
3. Evaluation of the lung cancer risk level and verification of eligibility
4. Screening procedure: Chest CT scans will be performed by centers specialized in chest imaging
5. Lung cancer follow-up when an abnormality suggestive of lung cancer is demonstrated.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 6000

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Bordeaux, France, 33076
    • Recruiting
    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux
  • Bordeaux, France, 33076
    • Active, not recruiting
    • Universite de Bordeaux
  • Brest, France, 29609
    • Not yet recruiting
    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest
    • Contact: David LUCAS, Dr
  • Caen, France, 14033
    • Not yet recruiting
    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen
  • Créteil, France, 94010
    • Recruiting
    • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil
  • Rennes, France, 35033
    • Not yet recruiting
    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes
  • Rouen, France, 76032
    • Not yet recruiting
    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen
  • Toulon, France, 83000
    • Not yet recruiting
    • Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 55 years to 74 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Subjects aged from 55 to 74 years, current smokers smoking 30 pack-years or more or ex-smokers smoking 30 pack-years or more and who have quit smoking for less than 15 years and currently or previously occupationally exposed to lung carcinogens. These subjects are known to be high-risk population for lung cancer.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects at high risk of lung cancer: current smokers smoking 30 pack-years or more or ex-smokers smoking 30 pack-years or more and who have quit smoking for less than 15 years and currently or previously occupationally exposed to lung carcinogens. With an algorithm for determination of minimal duration of exposure to occupational carcinogens (according to the type and duration of occupational lung carcinogens)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of clinical signs of lung cancer
• Subjects with a history of lung cancer
• Presence of serious short-term life-threatening comorbidities
• Absence of occupational exposure to lung carcinogens according to the predefined criteria
• Subjects already included in another prospective cohort study
• Subjects already assessed by chest CT scan during the previous year
• No tobacco exposure or insufficient tobacco exposure or smoking cessation for more than 15 years.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Rate of detected lung cancer	The proportion of subjects with lung cancer detected among the subjects performing the low-dose chest CT scan	Year 1

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Rate of detected lung cancer	The proportion of subjects with lung cancer detected among the subjects performing the low-dose chest CT scan	Year 2
Rate of detected lung cancer	The proportion of subjects with lung cancer detected among the subjects performing the low-dose chest CT scan	Day 0
Participation rate	The proportion of subjects performing the low-dose chest CT scan among eligible responders during the first phase of the study	Day 0
Rate of detected lung cancer in subjects exposed to occupational carcinogens	The proportion of subjects with lung cancer detected among the subjects exposed to occupational carcinogens and performing the low-dose chest CT scan	Day 0
Rate of detected lung cancer in subjects exposed to occupational carcinogens	The proportion of subjects with lung cancer detected among the subjects exposed to occupational carcinogens and performing the low-dose chest CT scan	Year 1
Rate of detected lung cancer in subjects exposed to occupational carcinogens	The proportion of subjects with lung cancer detected among the subjects exposed to occupational carcinogens and performing the low-dose chest CT scan	Year 2
Stage of detected lung cancers		Day 0
Stage of detected lung cancers		Year 1
Stage of detected lung cancers		Year 2
Smoking cessation rate obtained in smokers in the sreened population	The proportion of subjects with smoking cessation among smokers	Year 3
Mortality rate in the sreened population		Year 3
Mortality rate in the sreened population		Year 5
Mortality rate in the sreened population		Year 7
Mortality rate in the non-screened population		Year 3
Mortality rate in the non-screened population		Year 5
Lung cancer rate in non-screened subjects but met at the Occupational Disease Consultation Center		Year 3
Mortality rate in the non-screened population		Year 7
Lung cancer rate in non-screened subjects but met at the Occupational Disease Consultation Center		Year 5
Lung cancer rate in non-screened subjects but met at the Occupational Disease Consultation Center		Year 7
Rate of detected lung cancer and stage of detected lung cancer in the non-screened population		Year 3
Rate of detected lung cancer and stage of detected lung cancer in the non-screened population		Year 5
Rate of detected lung cancer and stage of detected lung cancer in the non-screened population		Year 7
Percentage of subjects participating in all screening (over the three years)		Year 3
Percentage of subjects participating in all screening (over the three years)		Year 4
Percentage of the subjects lost during follow-up in the screened population (follow-up at one year, two years, completion of other complementary exams)		Year 1
Percentage of the subjects lost during follow-up in the screened population (follow-up at one year, two years, completion of other complementary exams)		Year 2
Validity of the detailed personalised self-administered questionnaire for the evaluation of occupational exposures		Day 0
Number of cases recognized as occupational disease (for lung cancer or other occupational diseases)		Year 2
Proportion of invasive diagnostic procedures		Day 0
Proportion of invasive diagnostic procedures		Year 1
Proportion of invasive diagnostic procedures		Year 2
Proportion of non-invasive diagnostic procedures		Day 0
Proportion of non-invasive diagnostic procedures		Year 1
Proportion of non-invasive diagnostic procedures		Year 2
Proportion of serious and non-serious adverse events related to screening		Day 0
Proportion of serious and non-serious adverse events related to screening		Year 1
Proportion of serious and non-serious adverse events related to screening		Year 2
Proportion of subjects stopping smoking at each stage of screening		Day 0
Proportion of subjects stopping smoking at each stage of screening		Year 1
Proportion of subjects stopping smoking at each stage of screening		Year 2
The time period between each step of the screening (evaluation of the exposure, addressing in consultation of occupational diseases, inclusion, different exams of the follow-up)		Day 0
The time period between each step of the screening (evaluation of the exposure, addressing in consultation of occupational diseases, inclusion, different exams of the follow-up)		Year 1
The time period between each step of the screening (evaluation of the exposure, addressing in consultation of occupational diseases, inclusion, different exams of the follow-up)		Year 3
Number of additional radiological examinations performed besides the prescribed CT scans of the protocol		Subject inclusion
Number of additional radiological examinations performed besides the prescribed CT scans of the protocol		Year 1
Number of additional radiological examinations performed besides the prescribed CT scans of the protocol		Year 2
Number of additional radiological examinations performed besides the prescribed CT scans of the protocol		Year 3
Number of additional radiological examinations performed besides the prescribed CT scans of the protocol		Year 4
Number of additional radiological examinations performed besides the prescribed CT scans of the protocol		Year 5
Number of hospitalizations		Subject inclusion
Number of hospitalizations		Year 1
Number of hospitalizations		Year 2
Number of hospitalizations		Year 3
Number of hospitalizations		Year 4
Number of hospitalizations		Year 5
Number of lung surgery		Subject inclusion
Number of lung surgery		Year 1
Number of lung surgery		Year 2
Number of lung surgery		Year 3
Number of lung surgery		Year 4
Number of lung surgery		Year 5
Number of chemotherapy		Day 0
Number of chemotherapy		Year 1
Number of chemotherapy		Year 2
Number of chemotherapy		Year 3
Number of chemotherapy		Year 4
Number of chemotherapy		Year 5

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
• Collaborators: University Hospital, Bordeaux; University Hospital, Caen; Rennes University Hospital; Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen; Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Brest

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Delva F, Laurent F, Paris C, Belacel M, Brochard P, Bylicki O, Chouaid C, Clin B, Dewitte JD, Le Denmat V, Gehanno JF, Lacourt A, Margery J, Verdun-Esquer C, Mathoulin-Pelissier S, Pairon JC. LUCSO-1-French pilot study of LUng Cancer Screening with low-dose computed tomography in a smokers population exposed to Occupational lung carcinogens: study protocol. BMJ Open. 2019 Mar 23;9(3):e025026. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025026.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): July 22, 2021
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): July 1, 2026
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): July 31, 2031

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 16, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 18, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): June 19, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): February 9, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 8, 2023
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Cancer; Screening; Lung; Occupational carcinogens; Tobacco smoking; Chest CT Scan; Asbestos
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: LUCSO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No