Intervention Project to Increase Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Barcelos/Esposende

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Conditions studied: Colon and Rectal Cancer

In brief

An experimental study through a randomized clinical trial, without blinding (for participants and the research team), with a control group (not subject to intervention) and an intervention group (subject to two text messages, an automated non-human call or a call made by the administrative assistant, and a phone call made by a physician).

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06972160
Run by: Local Health Unit Barcelos/Esposende, Public Health Unit
People needed: 1038
Starts: 2025-04-01
Expected to finish: 2025-12-31
Last updated by the study team: 2025-05-14

Who can join

Age: 49 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Participants must be registered in the ULS of
Barcelos/Esposende and meet the following criteria:
Age between 50 and 74 years.
No symptoms such as weight loss in the last 6 months or gastrointestinal symptoms.
No prior diagnosis of CRC.
No diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease).
No family history of CRC in first- and second-degree relatives diagnosed before age 60.
No prior fecal occult blood test (FOBT) in the 11 months before receiving the collection kit or no prior sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy in the last 24 months.

You may not qualify if…

Participants who did not receive the screening kit at home.
Participants without a phone number.
Participants who do not answer the phone or refuse to participate in the study.
Participants unable to consent or perform the screening due to physical, mental, or other conditions that seriously impair comprehension.

Where it is running

Public Health Unit Barcelos/Esposende — Porto, Portugal (enrolling)

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