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Registration number
ACTRN12624001056583
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
1/08/2024
Date registered
30/08/2024
Date last updated
30/08/2024
Date data sharing statement initially provided
30/08/2024
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
A pilot study of a lung health check for middle-aged adults.
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Scientific title
Evaluating the feasibility, acceptability and fidelity of a lung health calculator in primary care for middle-aged adults: Pilot of PRECURSOR (Predicting your risk of airway obstruction).
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Secondary ID [1]
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Nil known
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
Pretesting PRECURSOR
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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Tobacco dependence
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Condition category
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Respiratory
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Public Health
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Health promotion/education
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Mental Health
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Addiction
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
“PRECURSOR” (PREdiCting YoUR patients’ riSk of Airways ObstRuction) is an online calculator that makes predictions about the chance of having a common, yet serious lung condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C-O-P-D) over the next ten years. It forms the basis of a COPD risk assessment for patients aged 40-49 years who are listed as current or past smokers in their electronic health record in the practice. All eligible people will be invited via SMS text message to receive adjunctive preventive healthcare in the form of this COPD risk assessment, similar to web-based risk calculators used to manage risk factors to prevent heart disease and diabetes.
For patients aged between 40 and 49 years and not had a breathing test called spirometry to look for COPD before, they can complete PRECURSOR. In this piloting study, consented patient-participants who smoke or have smoked will be individually asked around 15 questions and some sub-questions about themselves and their health during a 20-minute phone/video interview in a single session. This will be completed together with the Project coordinator at the practice site who is a non-clinician with over 10 years’ experience of working in general practice. At the end of these questions, the calculator will provide a prediction of the participating-patients’ chance of having COPD over the next ten years. If they currently smoke, another prediction will be provided which shows the reduction in risk if they could quit smoking.
Individualised feedback will be given to the participating patients by the Project coordinator, based on a pre-prepared “feedback and action” script that will be approved for use by the doctors of the pilot practice. A pdf report of the patients’ responses and their prediction will be downloaded and inserted into the patients’ electronic medical record and doctor’s inbox for further evaluation. A follow-up appointment may be arranged in pre-determined situations, at which time, the participating GP may act depending on the participating patients’ smoking status, COPD-risk prediction and/or new symptoms, if any, as they deem appropriate. Overall, the duration of the interview is expected to take between 15 to 25 minutes.
Up to 30 patients will be recruited over a 4-6-week period by the Practice coordinator. Prior to GP enrolment, the Practice coordinator will attend Project Management Team meetings via zoom with pre-reading of the protocol (approx. 12 – 15 hours) and will also receive 1 – 1.5 hours of face-to-face training approx. 4 weeks and 1 week prior to the first participant enrolment. Intervention adherence by the participating GPs will be recorded by the Practice coordinator in close consultation with the Project Lead, and both will report regularly to the Principal Investigator. Intervention adherence by the participating GPs will be enhanced by group and individual training sessions, and informal discussion/s by the Practice coordinator and Project Lead with the practice manager ± GPs: 1) after the initial recruitment of 2-6 patient-participants; and 2) intermittently during the recruitment period. Participating GPs will receive reimbursements that are fitting for their time including 30-minute interviews at the end of the study. Similarly, the participating patients will be offered an honorarium for attending an one-hour focus group/interview at the end of the 4-6 month study.
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Intervention code [1]
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Early detection / Screening
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Intervention code [2]
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Prevention
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Diagnosis / Prognosis
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Comparator / control treatment
No control group
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Control group
Uncontrolled
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Number and proportion of consented participants who complete PRECURSOR.
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Assessment method [1]
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Recorded by project manager.
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Timepoint [1]
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Entered after completing the intervention with each patient-participant
Total counted 6-8 weeks post-intervention commencement i.e., at the end of the intervention phase.
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Primary outcome [2]
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Participants' shift in "keenness to quit" by 0.5 units among people who currently smoke.
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Assessment method [2]
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Quantitative surveys designed specifically for this study (not validated previously)
Some questions have been adopted from the MBS funded 45-49 year health check.
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Timepoint [2]
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Post-intervention (2-5 days) and end of the evaluation phase (4-6 months post intervention).
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Number of smoking cessation interventions with clinician.
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Assessment method [1]
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Recorded by project manager.+/- audited electronic medical record.
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Timepoint [1]
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End of the evaluation phase (4-6 months post intervention).
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Users' experience with PRECURSOR.
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Assessment method [2]
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Online quantitative surveys designed specifically for this participating patients which include some questions from the MBS-funded 45-49 year health check (not validated previously),
Semi-structured one-to-one interviews with participating patients and practice staff led by the qualitative researcher.in the research team
Where feasible, a semi-structured focus group meeting with participating patients led by the qualitative researcher.
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Timepoint [2]
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Surveys post-intervention (2-5 days) and end of the evaluation phase (4-6 months post intervention).
Interviews +/- focus group meeting at the end of the evaluation phase (4-6 months post intervention).
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Aged 40 -49 years.
2. Listed as a “current smoker” or “ex-smoker” in their electronic medical records (EMR), or smoking status is not recorded.
3. An “active” patient (i.e., attended the practice at least once in the last 7 years).
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Minimum age
40
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Maximum age
49
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
1. Diagnosis of COPD documented in their EMR.
2. Preventive care is inappropriate e.g., receiving end-of-life care.
3. Unable to provide informed consent e.g., congnitively impaired.
4. Unable to participate sufficiently into video interview.
5. Patients who have not consented to receive SMS text messages from the practice
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
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Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
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Intervention assignment
Single group
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Other design features
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
Summary statistics of quantitative data (numbers and percentages, means and standard deviations), stratified by current smoking.
Coding and thematic analysis of qualitative data using NVivo software. The research team will review and discuss emerging themes on how to best improve PRECURSOR’s prototype and workflows.
This pilot study is investigating the uptake of the intervention so the number of the participants is a primary outcome. The number of "up to 30 patient-participants" is based on recruiting 3-4 GPs who will have consented to review up to 10 patients each.
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Not yet recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
30/09/2024
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Actual
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Date of last participant enrolment
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1/03/2025
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Actual
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Date of last data collection
Anticipated
31/12/2026
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Actual
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Sample size
Target
30
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Accrual to date
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Final
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
SA
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Government body
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Name [1]
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National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
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Address [1]
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Funding source category [2]
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Other Collaborative groups
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Name [2]
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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
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Address [2]
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Country [2]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
University
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Name
Univeristy of Melbourne
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Address
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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None
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Name [1]
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Address [1]
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Royal Australian College of General Practitioners National Research and Evaluation Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [1]
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https://www.racgp.org.au/the-racgp/governance/committees/national-committees
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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06/05/2024
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Approval date [1]
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13/06/2024
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Ethics approval number [1]
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Summary
Brief summary
This research through Floreat surgery will trial a new lung health calculator to help detect a common and serious lung condition called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This calculator called “PRECURSOR” has been designed to be used by adults aged between 40 and 49 years who smoke or have smoked. It forecasts a person’s chance of having COPD in 10-years’ time. Doctors can use this calculator to help people stop smoking and decide on having a breathing test. The findings from this pilot trial will help the researchers understand: 1) whether completing "PRECURSOR" is motivating for patients aged 40-49 who smoke to stop smoking, and 2) how GPs may wish to adopt this COPD calculator in their clinical practice.
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Public notes
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Contacts
Principal investigator
Name
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Dr Jennifer Perret
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Address
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Level 3, 207 Bouverie Street, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 417898572
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Fax
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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Jennifer Perret
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Address
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Level 3, 207 Bouverie Street, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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Australia
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Contact person for scientific queries
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Jennifer Perret
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Address
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Level 3, 207 Bouverie Street, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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Country
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Australia
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+61 417898572
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Email
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Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
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No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
This pilot study that "pre-tests" the intervention will inform on improvements in PRECURSOR's user experience, user interface and integration into the workflow of a general practice. Thus, individual participant data will not be shared outside of the research team.
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What supporting documents are/will be available?
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Ethical approval
387965-(Uploaded-18-07-2024-13-23-06)-24-202_Dr K Hancock_130624.pdf
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