A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Direct-to-Patient Outreach Program to Improve Rates of Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Low Income and Racially Diverse Population
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 202
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Completion of a Colorectal Cancer Screening
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine if the direct mailing of fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) kits to patients who are due for colorectal cancer screening is an effective way to improve colorectal cancer screening rates within a low income and racially/ethnically diverse population.
详细描述
Patients ages 50 to 80 who are identified through the electronic health record as not being up to date on colorectal cancer screening are eligible for the study and will be randomly assigned to the intervention or usual care group. Individuals in the intervention group will be mailed a letter informing them that they are due for colorectal cancer screening, educational material regarding colorectal cancer screening, a fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) kit, directions on how to use and return the FOBT kit. The proportion of patients assigned to the intervention versus usual care groups who complete a guideline recommended form of colorectal cancer screening within 4 months of the initiation of outreach will be compared.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 50 Years 至 80 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Ages 50 to 80 as of 12/31/2009 At least 2 visits to the community health center between 7/1/2008 and 12/31/2009
- •Exclusion criteria:
- •Documented fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) within 1 year (between 1/1/2009 and 12/31/2009) Documented sigmoidoscopy within 5 years (between 1/1/2005 and 12/31/2009) Documented colonoscopy within 10 years (between 1/1/2000 and 12/31/2009)
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Completion of a Colorectal Cancer Screening
时间窗: within 4 months of the initiation of outreach (by June 30, 2010)
Patients who have documentation within the electronic health record of completion of a guideline approved form of colorectal cancer screening (colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or fecal occult blood testing (FOBT)) within 4 months of the initiation of the outreach intervention (by June 30, 2010)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Bechara Choucair
Adjunct Associate Professor in Family and Community Medicine
Northwestern University