Outreach for Patients That Are Newly Eligible for Colorectal Cancer Screening

NCT ID: NCT00860249

Last Updated: 2011-12-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-03-31

Study Completion Date

2009-12-31

Brief Summary

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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

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Conditions

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Colorectal Cancer

Keywords

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education preventive service screening Colorectal Cancer Screening Prevention & Control

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Usual Care

Usual Care. Participants in this arm will receive Usual care until outcome assessment is performed at 6 months following randomization. At that time, they will be sent a letter reminding them to obtain the ordered preventative service test, however no further outcomes will be assessed. Thus, during the course of the study, all participants in this arm will have solely received usual care.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Behavioral: 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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Letter Only

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Letter and Educational DVD

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 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

Exclusion Criteria

* 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.
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Northwestern University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kenzie Cameron

Research Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Kenzie Cameron, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Northwestern University, Department of General Internal Medicine

Locations

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Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine Clinic

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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1R18HS017163-02

Identifier Type: AHRQ

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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