NCT03072095

Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Community Health Setting

Patient-Centered Outreach to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Community Health Setting

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 281 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 74 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized controlled pilot study at the Health Annex, Family Practice \& Counseling Network (FPCN), a community clinic in Southwest Philadelphia, aimed at providing data on the feasibility of a mailed FIT approach to CRC screening in a community health setting, and how patients respond to text messaging and behavioral economic engagement incentives.

Detailed description

This is a single-center RCT at the Family Practice \& Counseling Network (FPCN), a community clinic in Southwest Philadelphia with 320 eligible subjects between the ages of 50-74 randomized to two study arms: 1. text messaging outreach (text) 2. text messaging outreach with lottery for 1/5 chance to win a financial incentive (text + lottery). Findings will provide data on the feasibility of this mailed FIT approach in a community health setting, and how patients respond to text messaging and behavioral economic engagement incentives.

Conditions

• Cancer of the Colon

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Text-only	Subjects will receive a text communication indicating they are overdue for colon cancer screening with the option to elect to receive a free, at-home FIT kit.
BEHAVIORAL	Text + Lottery	Subjects will receive a text communication indicating they are overdue for colon cancer screening with the option to elect to receive a free, at-home FIT kit and a 1 in 5 chance to win a $100 gift card for completing the kit.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-17
• Primary completion: 2017-08-03
• Completion: 2017-11-03
• First posted: 2017-03-07
• Last updated: 2019-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States