The Patient Navigator to Reduce Social Inequalities. A French Interventional Trial in Public Health

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France1 site in 1 country28,929 target enrollmentMarch 1, 2011

ConditionsColorectal Cancer Screening

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Colorectal Cancer Screening
Sponsor: Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Enrollment: 28929
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Completion of colorectal cancer screening
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 4 months ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Variations in participation to the colorectal cancer screening seems to reveal social and geographical inequalities. Our study will investigate whether patient navigation could increase the participation to the colorectal cancer screening and in the same time, reduce the social inequalities.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 1, 2011

End Date

November 1, 2013

Last Updated

4 months ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Insured people invited to the national french colorectal screening program are from 50 to 74 years old.
•We select people who never do the screening test or are not compliant with it
•Among these people we select those living in the randomized geographical areas.

Exclusion Criteria

•people who have already done the screening test at the two previous campaigns.
•people who have done a colonoscopy in the previous five years or people with a family history with colorectal cancer and people who are following outside of the screening program.
•people with other severe disease or in incapacity to realize the screening test
•people who have another exclusion criteria to realize the screening test.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Completion of colorectal cancer screening

Time Frame: 2 years

Reduction of social inequalities

Time Frame: 2 years

The participation rate to the colorectal cancer screening will be compared between privileged and deprived geographical areas for which the socio-economic status is measured with the Townsend index.