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NCT Number: NCT03248661

Assessing Repeat Fit Testing for CRC

This study will randomly assign 220 men and women to either a social media intervention or a standard reminder system to have a repeat screening test for colo-rectal cancer.

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Key information

Conditions

Colo-rectal Cancer Colonic Diseases Colonic Neoplasms Colorectal Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Diseases Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Intestinal Diseases Intestinal Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site

Age range

30 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, United States

About this study

Only persons initially screening by FIT (through a Rural Cancer Prevention Center service program) will be eligible for study participation. The objective is to test a social media-based intervention designed to promote annual repeat colo-rectal cancer screening using the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) among person who have taken the FIT test once before. 220 men and women (50 to 75 years of age) will be recruited and randomly assigned to either the intervention condition (monthly social media contact) or a control condition (standard of care reminder for repeat testing one month before the annual test is due). The dependent variable will be whether volunteers requested and retuned a FIT kit with 60 days of the annual due date (one year from their initial screening).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • must have completed and returned an initial FIT kit to us as part of a Rural Cancer Prevention Center service program to the community

Exclusion criteria

  • visible blood in stool or prior diagnosis of cool-rectal cancer

Treatment and study plan

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Behavioral

Messages will be sent trough Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, e-mail, texting or other electronic/social media specified by study volunteers.

Primary outcomes

  1. Primary endpoint is a received completed FIT kit within 15 months after the participant received results from the original FIT test

    Time frame: 15 months

    the endpoint is a received completed FIT kit

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Richard Crosby

Other

Collaborators

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Registry information

Official study title

Assessing Repeat Annual FIT Screening for Colo-Rectal Cancer (CRC)

Acronym: ARFT

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Aug 14, 2017
Registry last updated
Feb 21, 2019

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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