Clinical trial · Interventional
A Telephone-Based Prevention Care Manager in Increasing Screening Rates for Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, and Colorectal Cancer in Minority and Low-Income Women
New York Prevention Care Manager Project
NCT00376909CI-TRIAL-00016193completedPhase 2ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Studying the barriers that prevent minority and low-income women from undergoing cancer screening, and offering encouragement to them over the telephone, may help improve cancer screening rates. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well a telephone-based Prevention Care Manager increases screening rates for breast cancer, cervical cancer, and colorectal cancer in minority and low-income women.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cervical Cancer | Malignant Cervical Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| educational intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| study of socioeconomic and demographic variables | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention
- description
- Series of telephone support calls from a trained prevention care manager
- interventionNames
- Other: educational intervention
- Other: study of socioeconomic and demographic variables
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual Care
- description
- Usual care
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Follow-up patient cancer 3 months after completion of study treatment
- measure
- Screening rates as measured by mammography, Pap test, hfoBT, sigmoidoscopy, barium enema and colonoscopy
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 40 Years
- Maximum age
- 69 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
* Patients enrolled in the Prevention Care Manager (PCM) controlled, randomized clinical trial (RCT) must meet the following criteria:
* Registered to receive care at a participating Community Health Center for at least 6 months
* Overdue for at least one cancer screening as per the following time periods:
* No mammography within the past 12 months
* No Pap test within the past 12 months
* No home fecal occult blood test within the past 12 months
* No sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years
* No colonoscopy within the past 10 years
* Must not plan to move out of area or change Community Health Center within 15 months
* No unresolved, urgent abnormal cancer screening result found in medical record
* Patients enrolled in the PCM dissemination pilot study through Affinity Health Plan must meet the following criteria:
* Enrolled with Affinity Health Plan for at least 12 months
* Overdue for at least one cancer screening as per the following time periods:
* No mammography within the past 2 years
* No Pap test within the past 3 years
* No home fecal occult blood test within the past year for women ≥ 50 years old
* No sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years
* No colonoscopy within the past 10 years
* Must have received care at 1 of 6 participating Community Health Centers in New York City
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* Female
* Must not be in acute distress or have an acute illness
* Age 50 to 69 years for controlled study patients
* Age 40 to 69 years for pilot study patients
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* No concurrent chemotherapy or radiotherapy
* No concurrent active cancer treatment
* No concurrent palliative careReferences
Publications (3)
- RESULTDietrich AJ, Tobin JN, Cassells A, Robinson CM, Greene MA, Sox CH, Beach ML, DuHamel KN, Younge RG. Telephone care management to improve cancer screening among low-income women: a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med. 2006 Apr 18;144(8):563-71. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-8-200604180-00006. PMID 16618953
- RESULTDietrich AJ, Tobin JN, Cassells A, Robinson CM, Reh M, Romero KA, Flood AB, Beach ML. Translation of an efficacious cancer-screening intervention to women enrolled in a Medicaid managed care organization. Ann Fam Med. 2007 Jul-Aug;5(4):320-7. doi: 10.1370/afm.701. PMID 17664498
- RESULTOgedegbe G, Cassells AN, Robinson CM, DuHamel K, Tobin JN, Sox CH, Dietrich AJ. Perceptions of barriers and facilitators of cancer early detection among low-income minority women in community health centers. J Natl Med Assoc. 2005 Feb;97(2):162-70. PMID 15712779