Does the Recall by the General Practitioner Improve Patients' Participation in Colorectal Cancer Screening?

University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes1,569 enrolled

Overview

The propose of this study is to assess the effect of general practitioner's involvement in the stimulus invitation letter in colorectal cancer screening compared to sending the patient home test (stimulus 2 of reference as contained in the specifications).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SCREENING

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

1,569

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Interventions

Co-signed LetterOTHER

Patients receive a personalized stimulus letter co-signed by their general practitioner and the medical coordinator of ADECA.

ControlOTHER

No intervention (Patients receive by mail the materials needed for stool samples).

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 50 YearsMax age: 74 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age : 50 to 74 years. * Not having answered the first two solicitations of ADECA75 to participate in screening for colorectal cancer Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have a Fecal Occult Blood Test for less than 2 years or a colonoscopy within the past 5 years or excluded for medical reasons (according to information known from ADECA).

Locations (1)

Université Paris Descartes

Paris, Île-de-France Region, France

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Completion of Fecal Occult Blod Test

Increased number of patients who completed the test for faecal occult blood following the first solicitation with the letter co-signed by general practitioner, compared with the conventional solicition(including replies exclusions).

Time frame: 7 months

Secondary Outcomes

Delays from receipt of the letter and the completion of the test.

Time frame: 7 months

Proportion of uninterpretable test.

Time frame: 7 months

Central Contacts

Serge Gilberg

CONTACT

01 44 41 23 63 gilberg@parisdescartes.fr

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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