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Predicting and Addressing Colonoscopy in Safety Net Settings

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer
Interventions
Behavioral: Patient navigation
Registration Number
NCT03925883
Lead Sponsor
Kaiser Permanente
Brief Summary

The prospective cohort study will evaluate the effectiveness of patient navigation in community health center settings. The investigators will collaborate with the advisory board, composed of key clinicians and patients, researchers, and policymakers, to establish a procedure to conduct and evaluate a patient navigation program that aims to increase rates of follow-up colonoscopy among diverse patient populations served by safety net clinics. Phase 1 will be a milestone-driven planning process in which the investigators will validate the risk prediction model and apply the risk prediction model to stratify the patients and adapt patient navigation materials for the local context. Phase II will be a large-scale, patient randomized-controlled trial that will include 1200 patients at a large 34-clinic community health center in Washington State.

Detailed Description

The study will fulfill the following aims:

Aim 1: Validate externally the predictive risk score using Sea Mar CHC's robust data including 29,000 patients age-eligible for colorectal cancer screening; stratify patients according to risk of non-adherence to follow-up colonoscopy; and adapt patient navigation program for the local context.

Aim 2: Assess the effectiveness, costs, and cost-effectiveness of a centralized, phone-based patient navigation program for follow-up colonoscopy receipt for patients at moderate risk or high risk for non-adherence.

Aim 3: Assess differences in the intervention arms in secondary outcomes (e.g. time to colonoscopy receipt, no-show/canceled appointments, colonoscopy quality) and moderators of intervention effectiveness (e.g. probability level, intervention dose, and patient age, ethnicity, and sex)

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1200
Inclusion Criteria
  • Positive FIT test
Exclusion Criteria
  • Prior colorectal cancer
  • Dialysis patient

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Patient NavigationPatient navigationPatients randomized to this arm will receive patient navigation with the goal of completing a follow-up colonoscopy within 12 months of a positive FIT result.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of follow-up colonoscopy12 months

Receipt of colonoscopy within 1 year of abnormal Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) result

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

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Portland, Oregon, United States

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