A study comparing the diagnostic accuracy of the current imaging method for screening of occupational lung diseases in dust-exposed workers (International Labour Organization (ILO) chest x-ray (CXR)) to low-dose high resolution computed tomography (LD HRCT).

I-MED Radiology Network0 sites500 target enrollmentJanuary 17, 2023

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

January 17, 2023

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

3 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Sponsor

I-MED Radiology Network

•Minimum of 18 years of age
•Work/have worked in Queensland industry (i.e. coal mine, hard rock mine, quarry and other respirable crystalline silica\-exposed work)
•Have at least ten years of occupational dust exposure (coal mine dust or respirable crystalline silica)
•Be undergoing an occupational health assessment that includes an ILO CXR

•Engineered stone\-exposed stonemasons or history of exposure to engineered stone products
•Patients with an existing diagnosis of coal workers pneumoconiosis or silicosis
•Patients undergoing ILO CXR for ongoing medical management of disease diagnosed or suspected through previous occupational screening assessment
•Patients with a CT chest study obtained and available to review within the preceding 6 months
•Pregnant or breastfeeding mothers