Dutch Belgian randomised lung cancer screening trial (NELSON).
- Conditions
- lung cancer
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON22971
- Lead Sponsor
- - KWF Kankerbestrijding- ZONMW
- Brief Summary
van Klaveren RJ, de Koning HJ, Mulshine J, Hirsch FR. Lung cancer screening by spiral CT. What is the optimal target population for screening trials? Lung Cancer 2002;38:243-52. <br><br> - van Klaveren RJ, Hirsch FR, van Iersel CA, Bunn PA. The selection of the optimal target population for spiral CT screening and chemoprevention trials. In: Hirsch FR, Bunn PA, Kato H, Mulshine JL, editors. Textbook of Prevention and Detection of Early Lung Cancer. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Taylor & Francis; 2006. p. 361-384. <br><br> - van Iersel CA, de Koning HJ, Draisma G, Mali WPTM, Scholten ETh, Nackaerts K, Prokop M, Habbema JDF, Oudkerk M, van Klaveren RJ. Risk-based selection from the general population in a screening trial: selection criteria, recruitment and power for the Dutch-Belgian randomised lung cancer multi-slice CT screening trial (NELSON). Int J Cancer 2006; in press.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 15600
1. Born between 1928 and 1956;
2a. Smoked > 15 cigarettes/day during > 25 years or;
Subjects
1. With a moderate or bad self-reported health who were unable to climb two flights of stairs;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ung cancer mortality (reduction).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Cost-effectiveness;<br /><br>2. Quality of Life.