NCT01385579

Effectiveness of Direct-to-Patient Outreach on Colorectal Cancer Screening Within a Low Income and Diverse Population

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Direct-to-Patient Outreach Program to Improve Rates of Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Low Income and Racially Diverse Population

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 202 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the direct mailing of fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) kits to patients who are due for colorectal cancer screening is an effective way to improve colorectal cancer screening rates within a low income and racially/ethnically diverse population.

Detailed description

Patients ages 50 to 80 who are identified through the electronic health record as not being up to date on colorectal cancer screening are eligible for the study and will be randomly assigned to the intervention or usual care group. Individuals in the intervention group will be mailed a letter informing them that they are due for colorectal cancer screening, educational material regarding colorectal cancer screening, a fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) kit, directions on how to use and return the FOBT kit. The proportion of patients assigned to the intervention versus usual care groups who complete a guideline recommended form of colorectal cancer screening within 4 months of the initiation of outreach will be compared.

Conditions

• Malignant Neoplasm of Large Intestine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Care manager outreach	Patients assigned to the intervention arm are mailed a letter informing them that they are due for colorectal cancer screening, educational information about colorectal cancer screening, a fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) kit, and directions on how to complete and return the FOBT kit. Patients who do not respond to the mail outreach received up to 3 attempts at telephone outreach by the care manager.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2010-06-01
• First posted: 2011-06-30
• Last updated: 2014-01-06
• Results posted: 2014-01-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States