Using Patients' Social Contact to Improve Out-Patient Endoscopy Among Blacks

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Conditions studied: Compliance, Colon Cancer

In brief

Non-attendance to out-patient endoscopic procedures is high among underserved blacks. The overall goal of this proposal is to evaluate the effect of directly involving a social contact (chosen by the patient) on completion and quality of out-patient endoscopy recommended for the patient by his/her primary care physician, or after scheduling by the gastrointestinal endoscopist. Improved adherence and better quality of procedures are postulated with involvement of social contacts.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02464618

Run by

Howard University

People needed

812

Starts

2014-06-26

Expected to finish

2017-03-07

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients referred for out-patient colonoscopy by primary care physicians
• Patients scheduled for out-patient screening colonoscopy
• Patients scheduled for out-patient upper endoscopy

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who were referred for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening as in-patients
• Patients with personal history of familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome (FAP)
• Patients with family history of Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome (HNPCC)
• Patients with inflammatory bowel disease
• Patients with Crohn's disease
• Patients with ulcerative colitis
• Patients with personal history of CRC
• Patients who have had colonic resection

Where it is running

• Howard University — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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