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Interactive Computer Program or Brochure in Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans

NCT00672828 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 693

Last updated 2013-08-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: An interactive computer program may be more effective than a brochure in increasing colorectal cancer screening among African Americans.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying an interactive computer program to see how well it works compared with a brochure in increasing colorectal cancer screening among African Americans.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Non-tailored CRC screening brochure

Patients receive written educational material about colorectal cancer and prompting to talk to their doctor about getting tested.

BEHAVIORAL

Interactive computer intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Indiana University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Susan Rawl, PhD, RN · Indiana University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
51 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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