Translation of Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines to Practice: A System Intervention
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer
In brief
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Results from randomized clinical trials and intervention studies have suggested that implementation of a CRC screening program for men and women over age 50 results in reduced CRC mortality. However, for this reduction to be fully realized, it is imperative that all positive screening tests are followed by complete diagnostic evaluation (CDE). Numerous intervention programs have been used to improve initial CRC screening rates, but data indicate that outside the research setting, less than half of patients with a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening result undergo CDE. To enhance the translation of this best practice recommendation to clinical practice, the investigators propose to implement an electronic event notification intervention (CRC-ENS) directed at making physician and system level changes to increase the proportion of patients with an abnormal FOBT that undergo CDE.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00122187
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 8
- Starts
- 2005-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-24
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- VA Medical Centers with either CORI (Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative) or electronic notes/descriptions documenting GI endoscopic procedures
You may not qualify if…
- VA Medical Centers without electronic GI procedure documentation
Where it is running
- Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Southern Arizona VA Health Care System — Tucson, Arizona, United States
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Overton Brooks VA Medical Center — Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
- Minneapolis — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC — Durham, North Carolina, United States
- VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR — Portland, Oregon, United States
- Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville Campus, Nashville, TN — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- VA Medical & Regional Office Center, White River — White River Junction, Vermont, United States
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