Invitation strategies for colorectal (CRC) screening programmes - The impact of an advance notification letter
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Colorectal cancer screeningCancerMalignant neoplasm of colon, Malignant neoplasm of rectum
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN84448636
- Lead Sponsor
- ASR Abruzzo (Italy)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60000
Inclusion Criteria
All subjects (male and female) aged 50 to 69 targeted for CRC screening in 8 population based programmes in Italy, using immunochemical fecal occult blood test (FIT) in 5 cases (biennial screening offered to subjects aged 50 to 69), or sigmoidoscopy (FS) in 3 cases (FS offered once in the lifetime to all subjecst aged 58-60)
Exclusion Criteria
1. People with personal or family (>1 first degree relative with CRC) of CRC
2. Inflammatory bowel disease
3. Inability to give an informed consent
4. Severe life-threatening disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Participation rate at 6 months from the invitation letter by study group and screening strategy (FIT and FS)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Participation rate at 6 months from the invitation stratified by previous screening history (FIT programmes only)<br>2. Costs of the different options<br>3. GP's workload and proportion of subjects who accept the offer of a personal encounter