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Burn Pit Exposure in Veterans: A Cancer Screening Pilot Study at the Inova Saville Cancer Screening & Prevention Center

Inova Health Care Services · NCT07485322

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 35–85 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
100
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 17, 2026
Record last updated
July 2, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this study is to determine the feasibility and participant satisfaction associated with a more intensive cancer screening regimen in veterans exposed to burn pits. The study results may describe the clinical and psychosocial impact such screening has on this potential population. The study hopes to share the premalignant and malignant findings identified and follow-up healthcare utilization associated with high-intensity cancer screening during the approximately 3-year study period (three annual screening assessments and an additional year of follow-up to determine participants' cancer status). The study will also explore the performance of new tools (nasal brush, multi-cancer detection blood test, and radiomic analysis) in detecting the development of cancer during the study period.

Being studied: Avantect Multi-Cancer Detection Test; Nasal Swab

Conditions: Cancer

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • ≥ 35 years
  • Veteran of the United States Armed Forces (retired/no longer enlisted) with a prior deployment resulting in exposure (based on self-report or official records, if available) to burn pits for >1 week (exposure defined as on the base or close enough to the base to see the smoke from the burn pit, an area of land used for the open-air combustion of trash and other solid waste products).
  • Ability to understand and willing to sign informed consent
  • Ability to understand and willing to sign HIPAA Authorization

Exclusion Criteria

  • No history of malignancy within the past 5 years (non-melanoma skin cancer and in situ carcinoma would still be eligible) and not currently being worked up clinically for suspicion of cancer.
  • For women of childbearing potential, not pregnant.

Recruiting US locations

  • Inova Schar Cancer Institute

    Fairfax, VA 22031

    Site contact: Saville Research · 571-472-3500 · Saville_Research@inova.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Bryan Bassig, PhD · (571) 472-3500 · bryan.bassig@inova.org
  • Salman Baig · (571) 472-3500 · salman.baig@inova.org
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