Neoplasms

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Breast Diseases

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Written material related to screening sent to the invitee in two languages.

Written material related to screening sent to the invitee in Norwegian only.

The screening invitation letter, the information leaflet, the reminder letter and the result letter will be sent in two languages; an official language in the country where the invitee is born, and Norwegian.

Mother tongue and Norwegian

Paula Berstad, PhD

The investigators aim to test whether inviting immigrants to breast cancer screening with a letter in their mother tongue in addition to the standard letter in Norwegian changes screening uptake in these immigrant groups, compared with a comparable group who receive the invitation in Norwegian only,

Women in selected immigrant groups according to birth country will be invited to screening and randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive the screening invitation and information material 1) in the major official native language in the country the invitee is born in addition to Norwegian (intervention group), or 2) only Norwegian (control). The 13 selected countries of origin are Poland, the Philippines, Pakistan, Somalia and Arabic speaking countries (Iraq, Syria, Morocco, Lebanon, Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Sudan and Tunisia). The five intervention languages will thus be Polish, English, Urdu, Somali and Arabic.

Participants are randomized to receive the invitation in the major official native language in the country the participant is born and Norwegian, or in Norwegian only, consecutively when it is their turn to be invited to screening.

The screening invitees randomized to the control group are not informed about this study. They receive "care as usual", the screening invitation letter in Norwegian language.

Increasing Access to Breast Cancer Screening Among Immigrants

A Randomized Trial to Increase Access to Breast Cancer Screening by Invitation Language Among Immigrants in Norway

Attendance in breast cancer screening programme (yes/no)

Oslo University Hospital

Researcher

Digestive System Diseases

Colorectal Neoplasms

Intestinal Neoplasms

Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

Digestive System Neoplasms

Gastrointestinal Diseases

Colonic Diseases

Intestinal Diseases

Rectal Diseases

A reminder telephone call with information on colorectal cancer screening in the language of origin (Urdu or Somali) in addition to the reminder letter in Norwegian (usual care)

The reminder letter in Norwegian (usual care) only

Reminder telephone call

Solveig Hofvind, PhD

The goal of this randomized trial is to test the effect of a reminder telephone call in the official native language in the country where the invitee is born, in addition to the reminder letter in Norwegian on participation in the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program in Pakistani and Somalian immigrants, compared to the reminder letter in Norwegian only.

The main question it aims to answer is:

•Does a reminder telephone call in the language of origin increase participation in colorectal cancer screening in Pakistani and Somalian immigrants in Norway?

Participants in this trial are individuals with Pakistan or Somalia as their country of birth invited to the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program, who have not participated by mailing a faecal sample to the screening laboratory.

In the intervention group, the participants will be called in the official language in their country of origin, to inform about colorectal cancer screening, in addition to the reminder letter in Norwegian language sent to all non-participants.

Participants in the comparison group will only be sent the reminder letter in Norwegian language.

The researchers will compare differences in the participation rate in the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program between the intervention and comparison groups.

The aim of the project is to study the effect of reminding non-participant Somalian and Pakistani immigrant groups by a telephone call in the official native language in the country of birth, in addition to the reminder letter in Norwegian, by running a randomized trial. The outcome is participation in the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program by taking a faecal sample with a mailed test kit.

The design of the trial is a parallel two-arm intervention study, with 1:1 randomization to intervention or control.

The intervention consists of a reminder both as telephone call in the native language of the non-participant's country of birth and the standard reminder letter (sent digitally or in mail) in Norwegian from the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program. The timepoint of the telephone call will be during a week after the reminder letter has been mailed to the non-participant. The information to be given in the reminder call will include the same information as given in the reminder letter, but it will be asked additionally whether the invitee has understood the invitation and whether he/she has any questions. A new faecal sample kit will be sent on request.

The control arm will consist of screening practice as usual, which is the standard reminder letter in Norwegian from the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program. A new faecal sample kit will be sent on request.

Masking: There is no masking in the trial. Allocation: This is a randomized trial. Participants are assigned to intervention groups by chance, using Random Integer Generator in random.org, when being assigned to the list of persons to whom a reminder is sent to.

Participation rate in the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program will be compared between the intervention and control arms. That is, comparison of the proportion of individuals who send a faecal sample in mail to the screening laboratory.

There is an intervention group and a comparison group in the study.

ImmigrantScreen Telephone Reminder Trial in Colorectal Cancer Screening

Increasing Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Immigrants

Participation rate in the first colorectal cancer screening round. For each randomized individual, it is measured whether or not the faecal sample is sent to the screening laboratory by the participant in the first round of screening (yes/no).

Participation rate in all five rounds of colorectal cancer screening. For each randomized individual, it is measured to which degree faecal samples are sent to the screening laboratory by the participant (yes, in all five rounds of screening/yes, in 1-4 rounds of screening/no).

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Increasing Access to Breast Cancer Screening Among Immigrants	NCT04672265	Cancer Screenin...	Mother tongue a...	48 Years - 73 Years	Oslo University Hospital
ImmigrantScreen Telephone Reminder Trial in Colorectal Cancer Screening	NCT06324409	Cancer Colorect...	Reminder teleph...	-	Norwegian Institute of Public Health

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Every month we try and update this database with for immigrant cancer trials from around the world to help patients and their families find trials that might be right for them. We offer this 100% free of charge and do not endorse any of the trials listed here, we hope it helps you or a loved one.

Every month we try and update this database with for immigrant cancer trials from around the world to help patients and their families find trials that might be right for them.
We offer this 100% free of charge and do not endorse any of the trials listed here, we hope it helps you or a loved one.