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NCT Number: NCT01555450

Study of Patient Navigation to Reduce Social Inequalities

Variations in participation to the colorectal cancer screening seems to reveal social and geographical inequalities. Our study will investigate whether patient navigation could increase the participation to the colorectal cancer screening and in the same time, reduce the social inequalities.

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Key information

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Age range

50 year–74 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The french screening organization, Amiens, Region of Picardie, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Insured people invited to the national french colorectal screening program are from 50 to 74 years old.
  • We select people who never do the screening test or are not compliant with it
  • Among these people we select those living in the randomized geographical areas.

Exclusion criteria

  • people who have already done the screening test at the two previous campaigns.
  • people who have done a colonoscopy in the previous five years or people with a family history with colorectal cancer and people who are following outside of the screening program.
  • people with other severe disease or in incapacity to realize the screening test
  • people who have another exclusion criteria to realize the screening test.

Treatment and study plan

Patient Navigation

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Insured people receive firstly a letter to inform them that a patient navigator is available to navigate them during the colorectal screening steps. A free telephone number and the navigator schedule is given. After a minimum of one week the patient navigator begins the telephone outreach.

Primary outcomes

  1. Completion of colorectal cancer screening

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Reduction of social inequalities

    Time frame: 2 years

    The participation rate to the colorectal cancer screening will be compared between privileged and deprived geographical areas for which the socio-economic status is measured with the Townsend index.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Estimation of Cost effectiveness

    Time frame: 2 years

    We will assess the mean cost to navigate one person and compared it to a non navigate person. We will measure the cost effectiveness of the intervention in order to have the cost of the arising of 1% of the participation rate.

  2. Evaluation of psychological mechanisms

    Time frame: 2 years

    Evaluation of cognitive, behavioural, emotional mechanisms influencing the colorectal screening participation

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Other Gov

Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute, France

Registry information

Official study title

The Patient Navigator to Reduce Social Inequalities. A French Interventional Trial in Public Health

Acronym: PRADO

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Mar 15, 2012
Registry last updated
Dec 4, 2025

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