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Colorectal Cancer Screening Navigator Program for Low Income and Non-English Speaking Populations

NCT00476970 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1223

Last updated 2016-09-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to implement and in a controlled randomised trial test a program to identify and overcome barriers to CRC screening and thus improve CRC screening rates at MGH Chelsea HC.

Our hypothesis is that a bilingual navigator program, enhanced by using trained interpreting staff will improve CRC screening rates at MGH Chelsea HC overall, and decrease disparities between patients with limited English proficiency and English speakers

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Patient Navigation

Patient navigators will perform an initial interview with participants to identify and explore barriers, work with patients to overcome barriers, educate patients about CRC screening, motivate and coach patients, and schedule and accompany patients to colonoscopy testing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sanja Percac-Lima, MD, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
52 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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