Dissemination of Colorectal Cancer Screening to Primary Care Physicians
Completed · Phase 4
Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer
In brief
The aim is to assess the efficacy of an intervention, academic detailing, a brief, frequently repeated educational program, on increasing recommendations for colorectal cancer screening among primary care providers by comparison to a service-as-usual control. The study is a stratified randomized clinical trial of primary care physicians, stratified by distinct urban communities in the New York metropolitan area. The primary outcome is colorectal cancer screening recommendations measured via medical audit at 12-month followup after randomization.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00441311
- Run by
- Columbia University
- People needed
- 264
- Starts
- 2003-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2006-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-02-01
Who can join
Age: 50 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Devote at least 50% of their practice to primary care
- Work in the study communities
- Are non-hospital based community practitioners
- Have no immediate plans to retire or to leave their practice.
You may not qualify if…
- Specialty physicians
- Intend to retire or otherwise leave practice over course of the study
- Other conditions that would preclude meaningful participation
- Not working in study communities
Where it is running
- Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
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