Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Using Patients' Social Contact to Improve Out-Patient Endoscopy Among Blacks

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Using Patients' Social Contact to Improve Out-Patient Endoscopy Among Blacks

Official Title: Improving Attendance to Outpatient Endoscopy Among Blacks

Study ID: NCT02464618

Conditions

Compliance

Colon Cancer

Interventions

Social contact intervention

Study Description

Brief Summary: Non-attendance to out-patient endoscopic procedures is high among underserved blacks. The overall goal of this proposal is to evaluate the effect of directly involving a social contact (chosen by the patient) on completion and quality of out-patient endoscopy recommended for the patient by his/her primary care physician, or after scheduling by the gastrointestinal endoscopist. Improved adherence and better quality of procedures are postulated with involvement of social contacts.

Detailed Description: The overarching goal of this proposal is to determine whether directly involving a social contact, chosen by the patient, will improve the completion and quality of scheduled out-patient endoscopy among blacks. These are three sub-projects: Project 1: Involves recruiting 400 patients referred for colonoscopy by their primary care physicians Project 2: Involves recruiting 400 patients scheduled for colonoscopy by their endoscopist Project 3: Involves recruiting 200 patients scheduled for upper endoscopy by their endoscopists