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Improving Comprehensive Cancer Screening Among Vulnerable Patients Using Patient Navigation

NCT02553538 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1612

Last updated 2018-03-26

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Summary

Patient navigation (PN) has been shown to improve rates of cancer screening in vulnerable populations. Most cancer PN programs are located in community health centers and focus on a single cancer. The investigators will evaluate the impact of PN program on breast, cervical, and/or colorectal cancer screening in vulnerable patients receiving care in a large, academic, primary care network using a population-based IT system.

Conditions

  • Patient Compliance

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Patient Navigation

Navigators utilized TopCare to track participants, reach out to them in their own language, and provide intense outreach to help them complete cancer screening.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sanja Percac-Lima, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

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