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Behavioral Economic Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening

NCT02660671 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2250

Last updated 2017-05-05

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Summary

This is an RCT aimed at testing different population-based approaches to increasing colorectal cancer screening through email outreach, including usual email communication, active choice, and active choice + financial incentive.

Conditions

  • Cancer of the Colon

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Email outreach

Subjects will receive an email describing the importance of colorectal cancer screening and that s/he has been selected to participate in this VIP concierge service.

BEHAVIORAL

Active choice

S/he will receive the ability to pre-commit and choose from 3 different appointment slots by clicking directly on the email.

BEHAVIORAL

Financial incentive

The participant will receive the offering of $100 if s/he follows through with screening colonoscopy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Shivan Mehta, MD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-09-30

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