Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04478110
Korean CRC Screening Study PT13599
Community-Based Participatory Intervention to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Under-Served Korean Americans
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 925 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Temple University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 50 Years – 85 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Korean Americans report the lowest and declined rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, compared to general population in the United States. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a community-based multifaceted intervention designed to improve CRC screening among Korean Americans.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | interactive group education, navigation services and engagement of health care providers for referrals, and linkage to care. | The interactive group education was aimed to increase participant overall understanding of CRC, screening methods, and utilization of available resources such as home test kit and navigation services, with the ultimate goal of increasing screening rates. Clinical partners provided clinical support and ensured successful screening assessment and follow-ups by offering more flexible hours of clinic operation with bilingual medical staff on site. Patient navigation assistance was also offered based on participants' needs. The range of assistance included scheduling appointments with clinical partners for sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy for screening and diagnosis after a FIT positive result, assisting paper. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Education Session on General Health | Participants in the control group received a group education session in a similar format with that of the intervention group delivered by trained Korean community health educators. Different from the intervention group, the education focused on general health education and primary prevention issues, including routine health examinations and screening for various diseases such as cancer. Korean version of work and communication with a physician, and arranging transportation. standard printed materials and guidelines related to the education contents were also provided, including CRC screening guidelines. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-08-01
- Completion
- 2015-08-01
- First posted
- 2020-07-20
- Last updated
- 2023-04-13
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04478110. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.