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Traditional Print Communication Methods, Simple Electronic Communication Methods, or Usual Care in Increasing How Often Older Women Undergo Colorectal Cancer Screening

NCT00459030 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 904

Last updated 2013-08-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Finding out which communication method affects a participant's decision to undergo colorectal cancer screening may help increase the number of participants who undergo screening. It is not yet known which communication method is more effective in increasing how often participants undergo colorectal cancer screening.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying traditional print communication methods to see how well they work compared with simple electronic communication methods or usual care in increasing how often older women undergo colorectal cancer screening.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

educational intervention via internet

additional cancer screening information via password protected internet site

OTHER

educational intervention mailed

OTHER

No additional educational intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Weinberg, MD, MSC · Fox Chase Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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