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Translation of Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines to Practice: A System Intervention

NCT00122187 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2015-04-24

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Summary

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Results from randomized clinical trials and intervention studies have suggested that implementation of a CRC screening program for men and women over age 50 results in reduced CRC mortality. However, for this reduction to be fully realized, it is imperative that all positive screening tests are followed by complete diagnostic evaluation (CDE). Numerous intervention programs have been used to improve initial CRC screening rates, but data indicate that outside the research setting, less than half of patients with a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening result undergo CDE. To enhance the translation of this best practice recommendation to clinical practice, the investigators propose to implement an electronic event notification intervention (CRC-ENS) directed at making physician and system level changes to increase the proportion of patients with an abnormal FOBT that undergo CDE.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Electronic Consult System

Consult system is an event notification system programmed to function within the VA electronic medical record system.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Linda L. Humphrey, MD MPH · VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-05-31
Completion
2008-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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