Outreach for Patients That Are Newly Eligible for Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Letter OnlyBehavioral: Letter and Educational DVD
- Registration Number
- NCT00860249
- Lead Sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether patient outreach is effective at increasing compliance with preventative screenings for those patients who, based on national quality standards, have become newly eligible for screening measures. We hypothesize that educational outreach may increase completion rates.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
- Patient of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine
- Patient has a scheduled appointment with a GIM physician in the next several weeks
- Patient will be 50 years old at the time of this appointment
- Patient is male or female
- This is the first time the patient is seen in the NMFF GIM clinic
- There is a prior completion of CRC screening noted in EHR.
- There is a prior order placed for CRC screening in EHR.
- Patient has a history of CRC
- Patient has a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's Disease, or documented colectomy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Behavioral: Letter Only Letter Only Behavioral: Letter Only Prior to a scheduled upcoming appointment, participants will get a letter signed by their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening. Behavioral: Letter and Educational DVD Letter and Educational DVD Behavioral: Letter and Educational DVD Participants will get a letter from their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening. It will be accompanied by an educational DVD about the screening. The participants will receive this prior to a scheduled upcoming appointment with their physician.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Completion of CRC Screening 6 months from initial contact What would have been reported as this Outcome Measure is the number of participants who completed screening. We planned to review electronic health records of participants 6 months post randomization to look for either: (1) note in free text MD note documenting receipt of one form of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening during study period or (2)lab results from fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy. Screening completion equaled presence of a lab result or physician note in chart. No patient charts were reviewed due to low accrual.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Secondary Outcome for the Study is the Time to Screening Completion. 6 months after randomization This Outcome Measure would have reported the length of time, measured in days, that occurred between the date of randomization and the completed screening date. We planned to review the electronic health records of participants 6 months post randomization to look for either: (1)note in free text MD note documenting receipt of one form of CRC screening during study period or (2)lab results from fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy. Screening completion equaled presence of a lab result or physician note in chart. No patient charts were reviewed due to low accrual.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine Clinic
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States