Educate, Assess Risk and Overcoming Barriers to Colorectal Screening Among African Americans

NCT ID: NCT03640208

Last Updated: 2024-12-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

163 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-02-27

Study Completion Date

2024-11-03

Brief Summary

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The burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) is unequal among various populations within the United States. This inequality is most notable among African Americans, who exhibit the highest CRC mortality of all US populations. This study aims to evaluate a community-based intervention to educate, assess risk, and overcome barriers to screening among African Americans who are 45 years or older with no personal history of CRC, adenomas, or inflammatory bowel disease and have no family history of CRC.

Barriers being assessed include: Need for establishing care with primary care physician, need for financial assistance, need for reminder calls, need for transportation, need for appointment coordination, and need for education about colonoscopy preparation and procedure

Detailed Description

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After reviewing the existing literature this study team believes that the proposed strategy is inherently unique, thus amenable to experimental inquiry.

The study will provide much needed data to define the extent to which the proposed multi-faceted approach may be effectively deployed to the target population. This includes the acquisition of data to evaluate the educational program, for which improvement in knowledge may be tested objectively using the study design, as well as survey and feasibility data which is pivotal for improving the strategy.

The 11 steps for completing cancer screening are listed below:

1. Demographic/Socio-economic information
2. Knowledge assessment and education
3. Risk assessment questionnaire "Am I Average Risk?"
4. Do I need screening colonoscopy?
5. Barriers to colorectal cancer screening
6. Outreach program evaluation
7. Participants data entered in REDCap database
8. Communication with primary care provider and navigator
9. Participant navigation
10. Evaluation of navigation services
11. Program monitoring

Conditions

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Colorectal Cancer

Keywords

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health disparities African American risk assessment secondary prevention

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Complete colorectal screening

11 step process divided into three phases: 1. Community Outreach Event; 2. Data Collection; 3. Navigation and Program Monitoring

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education presented by trained caregiver

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

After participants complete the Pre-test, an educational session will be presented by a trained caregiver, delivered in a lecture-style manner with Power Point projection of educational material. The slides in this presentation will be scripted to mitigate variability among different presenters. Topics addressed in the presentation include: CRC basics (including brief anatomy), data on disparity, risk factors, screening modalities, preventative measures, population disparities of CRC, colonoscopy exam and other screening tests. The emphasis will be on CRC risks factors and prevention. All required information that is needed to correctly answer post-test questions is embedded within the presentation.

Interventions

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Education presented by trained caregiver

After participants complete the Pre-test, an educational session will be presented by a trained caregiver, delivered in a lecture-style manner with Power Point projection of educational material. The slides in this presentation will be scripted to mitigate variability among different presenters. Topics addressed in the presentation include: CRC basics (including brief anatomy), data on disparity, risk factors, screening modalities, preventative measures, population disparities of CRC, colonoscopy exam and other screening tests. The emphasis will be on CRC risks factors and prevention. All required information that is needed to correctly answer post-test questions is embedded within the presentation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Education Only: African American individuals 18 years and older.
* CRC colonoscopy screening : Average Risk African American individuals ages 45 - 75 who did not have a screening colonoscopy or other screening modality within the past10 years, have no history of CRC, adenomatous polyps or Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and no family history of colorectal cancer. This will be identified during outreach events (steps 3 and 4).
* It is important to note that this program may ultimately include all races as a community outreach event, however we will not analyze the data of non-African Americans.

Exclusion Criteria

* African American individuals under the age of 18
* Colonoscopy within 10 years
* History of CRC, Adenoma, IBD
* Family history of CRC
* Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) within the past year
* Cologuard test within the past 3 years
* Flexible Sigmoidoscopy test within the past 5 years
* Colonography within the past 5 years
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Samir Abraksia, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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CASE10217

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id