Reducing Colorectal Cancer Death Through Mailed Outreach Screening

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer

In brief

The main study aim is to develop, implement and disseminate a pilot population-based mailed FIT outreach screening program in the Philadelphia VA Medical Center that does not rely on having an office visit, by conducting a proof-of-concept 3-arm parallel-design pragmatic randomized trial to (1) Compare the effects of usual care (UC), screening invitation + reminder (invitation-reminder), or screening invitation + mailed FIT kit + reminder (mailed-FIT); (2) Explore whether the FIT completion rate varies by age or race/ethnicity; and (3) Explore barriers to use of mailed outreach screening for Veterans.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02584998

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

782

Starts

2017-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2018-12-24

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 74. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The pragmatic trial will include Veterans in southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey who, during the funding year
• 50 to 75 years old
• Have received care at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center in the 18-48 months prior to selection for the study but who have not been seen by primary care in the past 18 months prior to selection
• Due for screening
• Are asymptomatic for CRC
• This includes the period during which 3-sample testing was being regularly used at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center

You may not qualify if…

• Have any known gastrointestinal symptoms such as:
• bleeding
• unexplained weight loss
• change in bowel habits
• family history of CRC
• inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• colectomy using International Classification of Disease (9th and 10th edition) diagnostic code or by self-report.
• The investigators will also exclude Veterans:
• with evidence of prior colonoscopy within 10 years
• sigmoidoscopy within 5 years
• fecal occult blood test (FOBT)/FIT in the same calendar year
• The information used to exclude patients will be derived from the electronic queries or chart audits.

Where it is running

• Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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