NCT02929186

Opt-In Versus Opt-Out for Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 314 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 74 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a randomized controlled pilot study aimed at testing different outreach strategies (opt-in versus opt-out) to increase colorectal cancer screening through completion of mailed home fecal immunohistochemical testing (FIT).

Detailed description

This is a randomized controlled pilot study aimed at testing different outreach strategies to increase colorectal cancer screening using mailed fecal immunohistochemical testing (FIT). The investigators will randomize a cohort of subjects between the ages of 50-74 into 2 arms: 1. Opt-In - subject must actively choose to receive a home FIT kit. 2. Opt-Out - a FIT kit is sent as a default unless the subject actives chooses not to receive the kit or reports prior screening.

Conditions

• Cancer of the Colon

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Opt-In Outreach	Subjects will receive a communication (mail or electronic) describing the importance of colorectal cancer screening with the option to elect to receive a home FIT kit or report prior screening.
BEHAVIORAL	Opt-Out Outreach	Subjects will receive a communication (mail or electronic) describing the importance of colorectal cancer screening with the option to choose not to receive a home FIT kit or report prior screening. A FIT kit will otherwise be sent to the subject as a default.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-15
• Completion: 2017-11-15
• First posted: 2016-10-11
• Last updated: 2020-05-26