NCT01555450

Study of Patient Navigation to Reduce Social Inequalities

The Patient Navigator to Reduce Social Inequalities. A French Interventional Trial in Public Health

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28,929 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 74 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Variations in participation to the colorectal cancer screening seems to reveal social and geographical inequalities. Our study will investigate whether patient navigation could increase the participation to the colorectal cancer screening and in the same time, reduce the social inequalities.

Conditions

• Colorectal Cancer Screening

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Patient Navigation	Insured people receive firstly a letter to inform them that a patient navigator is available to navigate them during the colorectal screening steps. A free telephone number and the navigator schedule is given. After a minimum of one week the patient navigator begins the telephone outreach.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-11-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2012-03-15
• Last updated: 2025-12-04

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: France