Impact of a Mailed Educational Reminder on Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT): A Randomized Controlled Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Colon Cancer

In brief

The purpose of our randomized controlled trial is to determine whether mailed educational reminders would increase fecal occult blood test (FOBT) card return rates and, therefore, improve patient compliance with colonrectal cancer (CRC) screening. We will conduct a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the hypothesis that compliance to FOBT referrals is at least 10% greater among patients who receive mailed educational reminders on the importance of CRC screening. The study will be conducted in Veteran Affairs Medical Center and surrounding VA clinics in San Diego.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00534053

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

775

Starts

2007-06-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-17

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• asymptomatic men and women age 50 years or older who received screening FOBT card kits from the laboratory

You may not qualify if…

• are less than 50 years of age
• are inpatients
• are not undergoing routine colon cancer screening

Where it is running

• Veteran Affairs Medical Center San Diego — San Diego, California, United States

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