NCT02337582

Colombian Screening Mammography Project

Pilot Study for Implementing Breast Cancer Early Detection Programs in Colombia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15,855 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 69 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A cluster randomized controlled trial was performed in Bogotá, Colombia between 2007-2008 to evaluate the effects of an opportunistic (hospital-based) screening program (intervention) vs. usual care (control) in which 26 clinics were randomized to an intervention (N=13) or control arm (N=13). At intervention clinics general practitioners were instructed to perform clinical breast examination (CBE) on all women aged 50-69 years attending clinics for non-breast health related issues, and to refer them for mammographic screening. Physicians from control clinics were not specifically instructed to perform breast-screening or refer women for mammography, but could do so if they thought it appropriate ('usual care'). Women were followed for 2 years post-randomization.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Opportunistic Breast cancer screening	Opportunistic breast screening offered to women attending clinics for non-breast health issues
OTHER	Usual Care	No breast screening was explicitly offered to women attending clinics for non-breast health issues, unless the health care provider felt that it was appropriate

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2014-08-01
• First posted: 2015-01-13
• Last updated: 2015-01-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States