RCT of Automated Telephone Outreach to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening

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Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer

In brief

This large randomized controlled trial is testing the effectiveness of automated telephone outreach with speech recognition to improve rates of screening for colorectal cancer. The hypothesis is that the intervention improves rates of screening overall and specifically rates of colonoscopy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00792285

Run by

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

People needed

80000

Starts

2005-03-01

Expected to finish

2006-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-11-17

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 50-64 at baseline
• Continuous enrollment in health plan

You may not qualify if…

• Prior request for exclusion from research or quality improvement
• No telephone number on file
• Enrolled in other telephone-based outreach program of the health plan
• Share household with another eligible member
• Evidence of colorectal cancer or polyps at baseline
• Evidence of prior screening at baseline such that screening is not due at time of intervention

Where it is running

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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