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A Sustainable Approach to Increasing Cancer Screening

NCT01395459 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13675

Last updated 2019-02-20

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Summary

Parent study:

A Coordinated Approach to Cancer and Health (CATCH), was designed to compare the efficacy of two intervention arms (described below) intended to increase breast, cervical, and colon cancer screening rates among patients served by community health centers. A central focus of CATCH is to evaluate sustainable strategies for maximizing cancer screening rates among populations facing significant cancer disparities.

CATCH was conducted in partnership with the large health clinic in Massachusetts, which serves a largely Hispanic low income population. Focusing on the use of an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) telephone technology system, the study is examining the extent to which the IVR, when developed in a culturally sensitive and appropriate manner (focus groups will be conducted to inform the intervention), can improve breast, cervical and colon cancer screening rates compared to a control group. Furthermore, we plan to determine if pairing IVR with telephone calls from a prevention care coordinator (PCC) will result in higher screening rates (when compared to the IVR only group). We will determine the cost-effectiveness of IVR alone vs. IVR + PCC.

Substudy:

We conducted a substudy of the parent study, looking at a comparison of return rates of two colorectal cancer screening home test kits: Fecal Occult Bood Tests (gFOBTs) and Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FITs). As well we surveyed people who pick up one of these two types of tests to assess barriers and facilitators of returning the completed kit to the health center for assessment.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

IVR only

As noted, patients in this arm receive consistent, but spaced out calls generated by an interactive voice response system reminding them of breast, cervical and colon cancer screenings needed, as applicable.

BEHAVIORAL

IVR+PCC

Interactive voice response calls followed up by prevention care coordinator calls for those who do not respond to IVR

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen M Emmons, PhD · Dana-Farber Cancer Institution

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
86 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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