Outreach for Patients With Uncompleted Colorectal Cancer Screening Orders - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Northwestern University
Information provided by:	Northwestern University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00793455

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether patient outreach is effective at increasing compliance with preventive screenings ordered by their physician. We hypothesize that educational outreach may increase completion rates.

Condition	Intervention
Colorectal Cancer Screening Prevention & Control	Behavioral: Educational outreach

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Colorectal Cancer

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Health Services Research, Randomized, Single Blind (Subject), Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Using Precision Performance Measurement To Conduct Focused Quality Improvement. Sub-Study 1.

Further study details as provided by Northwestern University:

Primary Outcome Measures:

The primary outcome for the study is the time to screening completion. [ Time Frame: 3 months after randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	628
Study Start Date:	October 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date:	October 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	October 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental	Behavioral: Educational outreach Participants will get a letter from their physician that explains that their records show the test has not been completed. The letter will be mailed along with an educational brochure and a DVD about the screening.
2: No Intervention Normal care. Participants in this arm will receive normal care until outcome assessment is performed at 6 months following the placement of the order for the preventive service. They will be sent a letter reminding them to obtain the ordered preventive service test.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patient's physician has ordered a preventive screening test
Patient has not completed this test in 3 months
Patient of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine Clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patient has been given a more recent order for the same screening test.
Patient has significant life stress as noted in the Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00793455

Locations

United States, Illinois
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine Clinic
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Sponsors and Collaborators

Northwestern University

More Information

Responsible Party:	Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ( Kenzie A. Cameron, PhD, MPH Research Assistant Professor )
Study ID Numbers:	1R18HS17163-01
Study First Received:	November 17, 2008
Last Updated:	November 25, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00793455
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Northwestern University:

education
preventive service
screening

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Digestive System Diseases
Digestive System Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

Intestinal Diseases
Rectal Diseases
Intestinal Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009