Outreach for Patients That Are Newly Eligible for Colorectal Cancer Screening

NCT00860249 | Terminated Results

• 1 other identifier: 1R18HS017163-02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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

Colorectal Cancer

Keywords

education; preventive service; screening; Colorectal Cancer Screening; Prevention & Control

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Completion of CRC Screening

  What would have been reported as this Outcome Measure is the number of participants who completed screening. We planned to review electronic health records of participants 6 months post randomization to look for either: (1) note in free text MD note documenting receipt of one form of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening during study period or (2)lab results from fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy. Screening completion equaled presence of a lab result or physician note in chart. No patient charts were reviewed due to low accrual.

  6 months from initial contact

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The Secondary Outcome for the Study is the Time to Screening Completion.

  6 months after randomization

Study Arms (3)

Usual Care

NO INTERVENTION

Usual Care. Participants in this arm will receive Usual care until outcome assessment is performed at 6 months following randomization. At that time, they will be sent a letter reminding them to obtain the ordered preventative service test, however no further outcomes will be assessed. Thus, during the course of the study, all participants in this arm will have solely received usual care.

Behavioral: Letter Only

EXPERIMENTAL

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 Only

Behavioral: Letter and Educational DVD

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Behavioral: Letter and Educational DVD

Interventions

Letter Only BEHAVIORAL

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 Only

Letter and Educational DVD BEHAVIORAL

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.

Behavioral: Letter and Educational DVD

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Patient of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine
• Patient has a scheduled appointment with a GIM physician in the next several weeks
• Patient will be 50 years old at the time of this appointment
• Patient is male or female

You may not qualify if:

• This is the first time the patient is seen in the NMFF GIM clinic
• There is a prior completion of CRC screening noted in EHR.
• There is a prior order placed for CRC screening in EHR.
• Patient has a history of CRC
• Patient has a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's Disease, or documented colectomy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Northwestern University: lead
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine Clinic

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Colorectal Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Intestinal Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Colonic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Rectal Diseases

Limitations and Caveats

Early termination prior to collection of primary or secondary outcome measures, hence no analyses of the primary or secondary outcomes were performed.Thus, the only results reported are baseline characteristics of enrolled participants.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Kenzie A. Cameron, PhD, MPH
• Organization: Northwestern University, Department of General Internal Medicine

K-Cameron@northwestern.edu

312-503-3910

Study Officials

• Kenzie Cameron, PhD

  Northwestern University, Department of General Internal Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2009
• First Posted: March 12, 2009
• Study Start: March 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2009
• Study Completion: December 1, 2009
• Last Updated: December 5, 2011
• Results First Posted: December 1, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-11

Locations

US (1)