Immediate reporting of chest X-rays referred from general practice by reporting radiographers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Specialty: Health services and delivery research, Primary sub-specialty: Health Services and Delivery Research; UKCRC code/ Disease: Cancer/ Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs, Respiratory/ Other diseases of the respiratory system; Respiratory; Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs

• Registration Number: ISRCTN21818068
• Lead Sponsor: Canterbury Christ Church University

Brief Summary

2019 Other publications in https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5002(19)30073-X primary outcome report (added 12/12/2019) 2017 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29110698 protocol (added 12/12/2019) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36351688/ (added 10/11/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-06-20
• Study Completion: 2019-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 21 November 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients referred for a chest X-ray from general practice
2. Over 16 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Active diagnosis of lung cancer
2. Aged under 16 years
3. Chest X-rays referrals from any other practitioner (Emergency Department, Inpatient, Outpatient)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time (in days) to decision to treat (with intermediate time points) for lung cancer or discharge from the lung cancer pathway is measured using patient records at the time where there is a decision to treat or to be discharged from the lung cancer pathway.