NCT05012007

Reminder Modality for CRC Screening

Reminders for FIT (Fecal Immunochemical Test) Kits Via Different Modalities: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,653 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA Puget Sound Health Care System · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial that will evaluate the effectiveness of different reminder modalities for a population-based mailed FIT program at the VA Puget Sound among average risk Veterans who are due for annual colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.

Detailed description

This is a prospective, randomized controlled trial that will evaluate the effectiveness of two different reminder modalities in improving adherence to annual CRC screening. Veterans eligible for enrollment into the trial will be randomized in a 1:1:1 allocation using permuted block randomization (with random block sizes of 3 and 6) to the following interventions: 1. Control arm: No reminder a. Intervention Type: No intervention 2. Arm 2: Automated phone reminder a. Intervention Type: Standard reminder via phone (audiocare) 3. Arm 3: Text reminder a. Intervention Type: Standard reminder via text (VEText) Randomization will be stratified within arms by prior screening status (prior screener vs. never screener)

Conditions

• Colorectal Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Reminder Phone	Standard reminder via phone (audiocare)
OTHER	Reminder Text	reminder via text (VEText)

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-01
• Primary completion: 2022-03-01
• Completion: 2022-04-26
• First posted: 2021-08-19
• Last updated: 2022-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States