Adherence and the Economics of Colon Cancer Screening
Completed
Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer Screening
In brief
This study will compare patient adherence to different colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests to identify the most cost-effective strategy to decrease mortality from CRC. We hypothesize that different types of tests will have different adherence rates, that these rates will alter the cost-effectiveness analysis, and that we can identify patient variables associated with non-adherence to specific CRC screening strategies.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00705731
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 1000
- Starts
- 2007-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-06-12
Who can join
Age: 50 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Average-risk subjects (no family history of CRC, no personal history of polyps or CRC).
- 50 years of age or greater, but less than 80 years old.
- Due for CRC screening.
- Upcoming appointment scheduled with primary care provider.
- Primary care provider has agreed to refer patients for consideration of enrollment in the study.
You may not qualify if…
- Family history of CRC in a first-degree relative.
- Personal history of colonic adenomatous polyps, CRC or inflammatory bowel disease.
- Symptoms for which colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy would otherwise be performed (hematochezia, new onset diarrhea or constipation, abdominal pain).
- CRC screening current (FOBT within preceding 12 months, flexible sigmoidoscopy or double contrast barium enema within 5 years, or colonoscopy within 10 years).
- Comorbid illness precluding endoscopic evaluation (coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction within 6 months, unstable angina or congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring home oxygen, other diseases that limit life expectancy to less than 10 years).
Where it is running
- San Francisco General Hospital — San Francisco, California, United States
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