The Act-F Trial: Does active follow-up of invitation lead to higher participation in bowel screening by Maori, Pacific and Asians?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Colorectal cancer; Immunochemical faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer; Cancer - Bowel - Back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon); Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001487404
• Lead Sponsor: Debbie Holdsworth

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-10-26
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 7224

Inclusion Criteria

All subjects will be recruited from the universe of population eligible for participation in the Waitemata Bowel Screening Pilot. This is (currently) men and women aged 50-74 who are eligible for publicly funded healthcare resident in the geographical area covered by Waitemata District Health Board. If the invitee has not returned a test kit within 4 weeks of the date of invitation, then s/he is sent a reminder letter. In addition, if that individual is recorded to have a Maori, Pacific or Asian ethnicity, then they are entered in the AF pathway. These are the individuals who are eligible to take part in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

None other than those which make the invitees ineligible for the active follow-up pathway. Viz. returning a kit within 4 weeks of being sent and invitation or non-Maori, non-Pacific and non-Asian (prioritised) ethnicity.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified