MedTrace Logo

RCT of Automated Telephone Outreach to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening

NCT00792285 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80000

Last updated 2008-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This large randomized controlled trial is testing the effectiveness of automated telephone outreach with speech recognition to improve rates of screening for colorectal cancer. The hypothesis is that the intervention improves rates of screening overall and specifically rates of colonoscopy.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Automated Telephone Outreach with Speech Recognition

Automated Telephone Outreach with Speech Recognition calls to health plan members to promote screening

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven R Simon, MD · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Primary Completion
2006-03-31
Completion
2006-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00792285 on ClinicalTrials.gov