Evidence-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening for the Uninsured

Summary

Through this program, the investigators will test a systematic colon cancer screening outreach strategy for increasing screening completion among uninsured patients, not up-to-date with screening. The intervention will consist of mailed screening invitations, with processes such as phone reminders to promote screening and evidence based follow up. All patients will be randomly assigned to receive mailed invitations to complete a home fecal immunochemical test (FIT). Some patients will be randomly assigned to receive a small financial incentive on completion of FIT testing.

Conditions

• Colorectal Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

FIT Invitation Only

Patients meeting the inclusion / exclusion criteria are mailed invitations to complete a free colorectal cancer screening. POLYMEDCO Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) are mailed to patient homes with instructions, followed up with live and TELEVOX reminder phone calls.

OTHER

FIT plus $5 Incentive

Patients meeting the inclusion / exclusion criteria are mailed invitations to complete a free colorectal cancer screening. POLYMEDCO Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) are mailed to patient homes with instructions, followed up with live and TELEVOX reminder phone calls. Patients are offered a small incentive to complete their screening.

OTHER

FIT plus $10 Incentive

Patients meeting the inclusion / exclusion criteria are mailed invitations to complete a free colorectal cancer screening. POLYMEDCO Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) are mailed to patient homes with instructions, followed up with live and TELEVOX reminder phone calls. Patients are offered a small incentive to complete their screening.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Keith Argenbright, M.D. · UT Southwestern Medical Center

• Samir Gupta, M.D. · University of California, San Diego

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

50 Years

Max Age

64 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2013-11-30

Primary Completion

2017-04-30

Completion

2017-04-30