ACT Lung Health Intervention: Phase Two
Efficacy of an Asian Culture-tailored Lung Health (ACT) Intervention on Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation in Asian Americans
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
50 participants
Nov 4, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study aims to test a counseling and educational program designed to improve lung health through smoking cessation for Chinese and Korean American smokers at high risk for lung cancer.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- Self-identify as either Chinese or Korean
- Speak either Korean, Mandarin, or English
- Are 18 years of age or older
- Are current smokers (i.e., have smoked at least 100 traditional cigarettes ever and have smoked at least one traditional cigarette within the prior 30 days)
- Will live in the United States for the next 12 months
Exclusion Criteria7
- Hospitalization due to a serious mental illness (e.g., psychotic disorders) during the prior 6 months.
- We will not include any of the following special populations:
- Adults unable to consent.
- Adults younger than 50 or older than 80 years
- Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
- Pregnant women
- Prisoners
Interventions
An Asian culture-tailored lung health intervention, which includes individual counseling sessions, family coaching, provision of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in the form of patches, lozenges, or chewing gum, and educational materials about low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for lung cancer screening. The eight weekly, counseling sessions with study staff will be conducted via phone call or the Zoom web-conferencing platform.
Locations(2)
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NCT06945120