A Study of Using Social Networks to Encourage Three Peers to Complete Screening for Colorectal Cancer

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Colon Cancer Screening

• Registration Number: NCT05793593
• Lead Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Brief Summary

The Black community has higher rates of colorectal cancer and lower rates of colorectal cancer screenings than whites. Getting screened through FIT testing may help catch colorectal cancer earlier, when it is easier to treat. MSK has created a program to help people who have been FIT tested to also help their peers (family, friends, and colleagues) in their community get FIT tested. The researchers think that training people on peer outreach, such as telling people in your social network about FIT testing and how to get it, may increase the rate of colorectal cancer screening. The purpose of this study is to see if training people on peer outreach increases the number of people who get screened for colorectal cancer through FIT testing.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-03-17
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-20
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-31
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-16
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-17
• Primary Completion: 2026-03
• Study Completion: 2026-03-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Self-identifies as Black (inclusive of African, African-American, or Afro-Caribbean)
• Male
• Speaks English or French very well
• Is at least 45 years of age and no greater than 75 years of age
• Has completed FIT testing within the prior year
• Has at least 5 close network affiliates, who are Black males, and of at least 45 years of age and no greater than 75 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

• Has a household member who has already participated (or agreed to participate)
• Has already been approached by a peer participating in the study (index participant) to complete FIT testing

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of people beyond the index participants who complete FIT screening	within 8 months of the index participant's enrollment

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

Memoiral Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities); 🇺🇸 Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities); 🇺🇸 Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities); 🇺🇸 Montvale, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (All Protocol Activities); 🇺🇸 Commack, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities); 🇺🇸 Harrison, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities); 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities); 🇺🇸 Rockville Centre, New York, United States