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NCT Number: NCT02457143

Comparing Methods of Recall for Cancer Screening in Primary Care: a Pragmatic Clinical Trial

This randomized trial aims to understand how effective a reminder letter is compared to a reminder phone call in improving breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening rates and reducing screening disparities.

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Key information

Conditions

Early Detection of Cancer Cancer Neoplasms Socioeconomic Status

Age range

21 year–74 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

St. Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team

Toronto, Ontario, M5B1W8, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • The trial will include patients who are rostered to the family practice as of March 31, 2015, are eligible and overdue for cervical, breast and/or colorectal cancer screening and are verified by their primary care physician as needing recall.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients will be excluded if their primary care physician noted they should not be recalled for screening or if the patient does not have both an address and a phone number on file.

Treatment and study plan

Letter

Behavioral

phone call

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. The proportion of patients in each arm who go on to receive at least one screening test for which they are due

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. The proportion of patients in each arm who are due for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening who go on to receive those respective screening tests (female patients may be represented in the outcome calculation of more than one cancer screening

    Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Unity Health Toronto

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comparing Methods of Recall for Cancer Screening in Primary Care: a Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
May 29, 2015
Registry last updated
Oct 17, 2016

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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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