Neoplasms

Digestive System Diseases

All Conditions

Colorectal Neoplasms

Intestinal Neoplasms

Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

Digestive System Neoplasms

Gastrointestinal Diseases

Colonic Diseases

Intestinal Diseases

Rectal Diseases

Usual Care. Participants in this arm will receive Usual care until outcome assessment is performed at 6 months following randomization. At that time, they will be sent a letter reminding them to obtain the ordered preventative service test, however no further outcomes will be assessed. Thus, during the course of the study, all participants in this arm will have solely received usual care.

Behavioral: Letter Only Prior to a scheduled upcoming appointment, participants will get a letter signed by their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening.

Behavioral: Letter and Educational DVD Participants will get a letter from their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening. It will be accompanied by an educational DVD about the screening. The participants will receive this prior to a scheduled upcoming appointment with their physician.

Prior to a scheduled upcoming appointment, participants will get a letter signed by their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening.

Letter Only

Participants will get a letter from their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening. It will be accompanied by an educational DVD about the screening. The participants will receive this prior to a scheduled upcoming appointment with their physician.

Letter and Educational DVD

Kenzie Cameron, PhD

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether patient outreach is effective at increasing compliance with preventative screenings for those patients who, based on national quality standards, have become newly eligible for screening measures. We hypothesize that educational outreach may increase completion rates.

Outreach for Patients That Are Newly Eligible for Colorectal Cancer Screening

Using Precision Performance Measurement To Conduct Focused Quality Improvement. Sub-study 2

What would have been reported as this Outcome Measure is the number of participants who completed screening. We planned to review electronic health records of participants 6 months post randomization to look for either: (1) note in free text MD note documenting receipt of one form of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening during study period or (2)lab results from fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy. Screening completion equaled presence of a lab result or physician note in chart. No patient charts were reviewed due to low accrual.

This Outcome Measure would have reported the length of time, measured in days, that occurred between the date of randomization and the completed screening date. We planned to review the electronic health records of participants 6 months post randomization to look for either: (1)note in free text MD note documenting receipt of one form of CRC screening during study period or (2)lab results from fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy. Screening completion equaled presence of a lab result or physician note in chart. No patient charts were reviewed due to low accrual.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Northwestern University

Research Associate Professor

Usual Care. Participants in this arm will receive usual care until outcome assessment is performed at 6 months following randomization. At that time, they will be sent a letter reminding them to obtain the ordered preventative service test.

Usual Care

Behavioral: Letter Only

Behavioral: Letter and Educational DVD

Total

Age, Categorical

Sex: Female, Male

United States

Region of Enrollment

Early termination prior to collection of primary or secondary outcome measures, hence no analyses of the primary or secondary outcomes were performed.Thus, the only results reported are baseline characteristics of enrolled participants.

Kenzie A. Cameron, PhD, MPH

Please note that no analyses were performed as the trial was stopped due to low enrollment.

Usual Care - participants receive usual care

Participants in this arm will receive a letter signed by their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening.

Although 60 individuals were randomized to condition, the trial was halted prior to primary or secondary outcome chart reviews. Hence there are no results to report.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Outreach for Patients That Are Newly Eligible for Colorectal Cancer Screening	NCT00860249	Colorectal Canc...	Letter Only Letter and Educ...	50 Years - 50 Years	Northwestern University
Outreach for Patients That Are Newly Eligible for Colorectal Cancer Screening	NCT00860249	Colorectal Canc...	Letter Only Letter and Educ...	50 Years - 50 Years	Northwestern University

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