Neoplasms

Digestive System Diseases

All Conditions

Colorectal Neoplasms

Intestinal Neoplasms

Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

Digestive System Neoplasms

Gastrointestinal Diseases

Colonic Diseases

Intestinal Diseases

Rectal Diseases

A letter is sent for remind the importance of compliance with colonoscopy AND to encourage people to to consult their general practitioner or gastroenterologist (if they haven't done their follow-up in time).

The letter will consist in several parts:

* Reminder of : -the need of individual follow-up for high risk people for colorectal cancer AND - the general recommendations (one colonoscopy every 5 years)
* Recommendation to consult their general practitioner or gastroenterologist if they haven't done their follow up
* Request information if they've done their follow-up or if we have incorrect information
* Indication that the letter is sent as part of a surveillance program specific for high risk people for colorectal Cancer

Reminder letter

Somany SENGCHANH, Dr

Ken HAGUENOER, Dr

Julie Boyard

Thierry Lecomte, Pr

Colorectal cancer is one the most frequent cancer in developed countries. In France, it rank third with 43000 new cases in 2015. French Health Authority recommended colonoscopy screening for people with a high risk for colorectal cancer. But this compliance with colonoscopy is low (20-40%), it is therefore necessary to develop new strategies to improve compliance.

The purpose of this project is to to offer and evaluate the feasibility and the effectiveness of a specific surveillance system for high risk people for colorectal cancer

The project will be divided into 2 phases:

Objectives of the first phase:

* Identify high risk people for colorectal cancer in the department of Indre-et-Loire,
* Fill in as completely as possible their colonoscopic history in the past 5 years,
* Estimate the proportion of high risk people for colorectal cancer in the target population for colorectal cancer screening in Indre-et-Loire (Men and women aged from 50 to 74 years).

Objective of the second phase:

Compare the performed colonoscopy rate of high risk people for colorectal cancer without notion of colonoscopy in the past 58 months following or not (control group) the sending of a letter reminding the importance of compliance with colonoscopy.

Identification of High Risk People for Colorectal Cancer and Evaluation of a Specific Surveillance System

Identification of High Risk People for Colorectal Cancer in Indre-et-Loire (France) and Evaluation of a Specific Surveillance System : a Randomized Trial Assessing the Efficacy of a Letter Encouraging People to Perform Colonoscopy Screening

University Hospital, Tours

Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Breast Neoplasms

Breast Diseases

Skin Diseases

A letter sent to women reminding them that are coming due or overdue for a mammogram. It contains a reminder that their primary care provider (PCP) recommends mammography screening every 1-2 years. It urges them to call a special number to a study scheduler to get assistance scheduling a mammogram and is signed electronically by their primary care provider. Repeat "Booster" letters will be sent in subsequent years to those failing to get a mammogram.

A reminder letter (as in the 1st group) is sent. If a woman does not call in to schedule a mammogram within 2 weeks, a study scheduler will call her, remind her she is coming or is overdue, remind her that her PCP recommends screening every 1-2 years and offer to schedule a mammogram for her. Repeat "Booster" letters will be sent and repeat scheduler calls made in subsequent years to those failing to get a mammogram.

A reminder letter as above is sent first. If a woman does not call in to schedule a mammogram within 2 weeks, a second letter is sent along with a mammography educational booklet. The second letter also reiterates a reminder that her PCP recommends screening every 1-2 years, and offers a special number to call to schedule. If a woman does not schedule within 8-10 days, a counselor will call. The protocol script included tailored barriers counseling, correction of misinformation and motivational interviewing. Repeat "booster" letters will be sent and repeat counselors calls made in subsequent years to those failing to get a mammogram. techniques. Average calls last 20-30 minutes.

A letter sent to women reminding them that they are coming due or overdue for a mammogram. It contains a reminder that their doctor recommends mammography screening every 1-2 years; urges them to call a special number to a study scheduler to get assistance scheduling a mammogram and is signed electronically by their primary care provider. For women in the reminder letter only arm, who did not complete a mammogram within 12 months of the first reminder, a booster intervention (I.E. reminder letter) will be sent. The letter requests that a woman call in to schedule a mammogram, and reminds her that her PCP recommends she get one. Booster letters will be sent up to three times at annual intervals for those failing to get a mammogram

Reminder Letter

A reminder letter (as in the 1st group) is sent. If a woman does not call in to schedule a letter, 2 weeks later, a study scheduler will call her, remind her she is coming or is overdue, remind her that her PCP recommends screening every 1-2 years and offers to schedule a mammogram for her. For women in the reminder letter arm who did not complete a mammogram within 12 months of the first reminder, a booster intervention ( I.E.a reminder letter will be sent requesting that they call in to schedule a mammogram. The letter reminds her that her PCP recommends she get a mammogram. Those who do not respond within 7 days, will receive a scheduler call) will be repeated as necessary for up to 3 times.

Reminder Call

Reminder letter s as above is sent. If subject does not call in to schedule within 2 weeks, second letter is sent with mammography educational booklet. Second letter reiterates reminder that PCP recommends screening. Has number to call to schedule. If subject does not schedule within 2 weeks, counselor will call. Protocol script includes tailored barriers counseling, correction of misinformation and motivational interviewing techniques. For those who did not complete a mammogram within 12 months of the first reminder, a booster intervention will be repeated annually for up to 3 times as necessary.Booster is reminder letter with pamphlet stressing the 4 reasons why women need regular mammograms.

Counselor Call

Mary E Costanza, MD

Roger Luckmann, MD, MPH

This randomized study compares the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 3 proven methods of reaching out to women who are coming due for or who are overdue for a mammogram. The study originally embedded in a community healthcare plan and an associated community clinic, now accepts patients using the community clinic and 3 other health care plans. The study makes use of a complex computer driven reminder system.

The study also will examine ways to improve the efficiency and sequencing of the interventions by identifying patient factors associated with intervention effectiveness.

The randomized study compares three interventions. All eligible women are randomly assigned to 1 of 3 interventions. If they become 18 or more months from a prior mammogram, they will receive the intervention to which they were assigned.

The 3 arms are

1. RL ARM: (reminder letter) a control arm which consists of a reminder letter only that states when the last mammogram was, contains a standard recommendation from her primary care provider (PCP), and requests that the woman call a special number for help scheduling a mammogram.
2. RC ARM: (reminder call) a reminder letter as above, followed, if no response, by a reminder call from a study scheduler who offers to help schedule a mammogram.
3. ETTC ARM: (enhanced tailored telephone counseling call) a reminder letter as above, followed, if no response by a second letter, a mammography educational booklet and a second request to call a special number to schedule a mammogram. If no response, a study counselor/educator will call.

A complex computer-based tracking system identifies women coming due for a mammogram or those overdue for a mammogram. The system interfaces with the clinic database systems and stores information re age, telephone number, address, prior screening dates, primary care provider name, scheduling dates, etc. The system can generate reminder letters as appropriate.

The tracking system also interfaces with computer-assisted telephone script systems(CATI) which prompt the study scheduler or the study counselor to follow the protocol that is tailored to the individual patient.

The CATI system captures data from all calls, including how ready a woman is to schedule, the answers to a brief socio-demographic survey and in the counselor call script barriers and misinformation about mammography.

The computer system also interfaces with the radiology scheduling system so that study personnel can assist women in scheduling a mammogram during the phone call.

The primary outcome is the number of women in each arm getting a mammogram. This data will come from the clinic data base and the healthcare plan billing system.

Secondary outcomes include evaluation of the effect of booster or repeat interventions in women failing to respond to prior request for mammogram.

Promoting Breast Cancer Screening in Non-adherent Women

The outcome will be determined for each of the 4 years of intervention. But the main interest will be the outcome measured in the final intervention year because we believe this best illustrates the magnitude of intervention effect that could be achieved in future years.

We anticipate that fewer women who receive the ETTC call (Counselor call) will need repeat interventions compared with the women in the reminder call arm or the women in the reminder letter arm.

We anticipate that women who received a counselor (ETTC) call and who scheduled a mammogram on the call will have the highest completion rate compared to women who received a reminder call or a reminder letter.

The relative effectiveness and cost effectiveness of repeating reminders (letters, calls vs. counseling calls) in women who have not responded to a prior request(s) for completing a mammogram will be studied.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Identification of High Risk People for Colorectal Cancer and Evaluation of a Specific Surveillance System	NCT02931825	Cancer Colorect...	Reminder letter	50 Years - 74 Years	University Hospital, Tours
Promoting Breast Cancer Screening in Non-adherent Women	NCT01332032	Breast Cancer	Reminder Letter Reminder Call Counselor Call	40 Years - 84 Years	University of Massachusetts, Worcester

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