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Computerized and Mailed Reminders in Increasing the Rate of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Adults With an Average Risk for Colorectal Cancer

NCT00355004 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21860

Last updated 2013-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Screening may help doctors find colorectal cancer sooner, when it may be easier to treat. Computerized and mailed reminders may help increase the rate of colorectal cancer screening in adults with an average risk for colorectal cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well computerized and mailed reminders work in increasing the rate of colorectal cancer screening in adults with an average risk for colorectal cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

counseling intervention

PROCEDURE

fecal occult blood test

PROCEDURE

screening colonoscopy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John Ayanian, MD, MPP · Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

  • Robert H. Fletcher, MD · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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