Primary care based text-reminders in colorectal cancer screening

Completed

• Conditions: Bowel Cancer; Cancer

• Registration Number: ISRCTN70904476
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London

Brief Summary

2016 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26809344 2017 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28441381

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-09-18
• Study Completion: 2017-01-02
• Last Update Posted: 12 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3118

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged between 60 and 75
2. Registered with a participating London GP practice enrolled in the study.
3. Eligible for bowel cancer screening

; 1. Aged between 60 and 75
2. Registered with a participating London GP practice enrolled in the study.
3. Eligible for bowel cancer screening

Exclusion Criteria

1. Stoma patients who have had their entire large bowel removed
2. Stoma patients who have had an Ileostomy
3. Opted out from text-messaging services which is provided by their registered GP practice
; 1. Stoma patients who have had their entire large bowel removed
2. Stoma patients who have had an Ileostomy
3. Opted out from text-messaging services which is provided by their registered GP practice

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The proportion of people classified as adequately screened within 18 weeks of the invitation letter in the control and intervention group.;The proportion of people classified as adequately screened within 18 weeks of the invitation letter in the control and intervention group.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Participant update in the control and intervention groups, is evaluated in the 18th week of the screening episode<br>2. The effect of the intervention on screening uptake by demographic variables (socioeconomic status i.e. Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) rank, gender, age, CCG and screening round) measured at the end of the intervention;1. Participant update in the control and intervention groups, is evaluated in the 18th week of the screening episode<br>2. The effect of the intervention on screening uptake by demographic variables (socioeconomic status i.e. Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) rank, gender, age, CCG and screening round) measured at the end of the intervention