Low-Literacy Physician-Patient Intervention Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a low literacy, physician and patient-directed intervention to promote colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among the medically underserved.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01103479

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

569

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-06

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients aged 50-75 years of age (in month 1 of the study)
• Patients have had two or more visits to the clinic during the past two years
• ACCESS Community Health Network patients
• University of Illinois Hospital \& Health Sciences System patients
• Patients ages 50 - 75 as of the start of the intervention study
• English or Spanish-Speaking

You may not qualify if…

• Patients <50 or > 75 years of age
• Patients who have had fewer than two or more visits to the clinic during the past two years
• Personal history of CRC or colorectal polyps, or of inflammatory bowel disease and a family history with a first-degree relative with CRC or colorectal polyps.
• Unable to speak English or Spanish
• Compliant with CRC screening (FOBT or FIT within the past year; flexible sigmoidoscopy within past 5 years; colonoscopy within past 10 years)

Where it is running

• Access Community Health Network — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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