Behavioral Economic Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening

NCT ID: NCT02660671

Last Updated: 2017-05-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2250 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-09-30

Brief Summary

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This is an RCT aimed at testing different population-based approaches to increasing colorectal cancer screening through email outreach, including usual email communication, active choice, and active choice + financial incentive.

Detailed Description

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This is an RCT aimed at testing different population-based approaches to increasing colorectal cancer screening. The investigators will randomize a cohort of employees between the ages of 50-64 to 3 arms of email communications: a.) Usual email communication; b.) Active choice- usual care + the ability to pre-commit directly through a web form; c.) Financial incentive- usual care + active choice + financial incentive for completion.

Conditions

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Cancer of the Colon

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Usual care

Email outreach

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Email outreach

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will receive an email describing the importance of colorectal cancer screening and that s/he has been selected to participate in this VIP concierge service.

Active choice

Email outreach + active choice

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Email outreach

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will receive an email describing the importance of colorectal cancer screening and that s/he has been selected to participate in this VIP concierge service.

Active choice

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

S/he will receive the ability to pre-commit and choose from 3 different appointment slots by clicking directly on the email.

Financial incentive + Active choice

Email outreach + active choice + financial incentive

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Email outreach

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will receive an email describing the importance of colorectal cancer screening and that s/he has been selected to participate in this VIP concierge service.

Active choice

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

S/he will receive the ability to pre-commit and choose from 3 different appointment slots by clicking directly on the email.

Financial incentive

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The participant will receive the offering of $100 if s/he follows through with screening colonoscopy.

Interventions

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Email outreach

Subjects will receive an email describing the importance of colorectal cancer screening and that s/he has been selected to participate in this VIP concierge service.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Active choice

S/he will receive the ability to pre-commit and choose from 3 different appointment slots by clicking directly on the email.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Financial incentive

The participant will receive the offering of $100 if s/he follows through with screening colonoscopy.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male and female employees of the University of Pennsylvania Health System who live within 30 miles of a health system endoscopy center.
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

64 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Shivan Mehta, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pennsylvania

References

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Mehta SJ, Feingold J, Vandertuyn M, Niewood T, Cox C, Doubeni CA, Volpp KG, Asch DA. Active Choice and Financial Incentives to Increase Rates of Screening Colonoscopy-A Randomized Controlled Trial. Gastroenterology. 2017 Nov;153(5):1227-1229.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.07.015. Epub 2017 Jul 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28734830 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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822504

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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