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Impact of a Mailed Educational Reminder on Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT): A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT00534053 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 775

Last updated 2019-07-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of our randomized controlled trial is to determine whether mailed educational reminders would increase fecal occult blood test (FOBT) card return rates and, therefore, improve patient compliance with colonrectal cancer (CRC) screening.

We will conduct a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the hypothesis that compliance to FOBT referrals is at least 10% greater among patients who receive mailed educational reminders on the importance of CRC screening. The study will be conducted in Veteran Affairs Medical Center and surrounding VA clinics in San Diego.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Mailed Educational Reminder

1 page educational reminder that reminds the patient to return their FOBT cards back to the VA laboratory. In addition, it also contains reasons why colon cancer screening is important.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Samuel B Ho, M.D. · UCSD, VA San Diego

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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