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Outreach for Patients That Are Newly Eligible for Colorectal Cancer Screening

NCT00860249 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2011-12-05

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether patient outreach is effective at increasing compliance with preventative screenings for those patients who, based on national quality standards, have become newly eligible for screening measures. We hypothesize that educational outreach may increase completion rates.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Letter Only

Prior to a scheduled upcoming appointment, participants will get a letter signed by their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening.

BEHAVIORAL

Letter and Educational DVD

Participants will get a letter from their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening. It will be accompanied by an educational DVD about the screening. The participants will receive this prior to a scheduled upcoming appointment with their physician.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kenzie Cameron, PhD · Northwestern University, Department of General Internal Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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