Clinical trial · Interventional
Dissemination of Colorectal Cancer Screening to Primary Care Physicians
- 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)
The aim is to assess the efficacy of an intervention, academic detailing, a brief, frequently repeated educational program, on increasing recommendations for colorectal cancer screening among primary care providers by comparison to a service-as-usual control. The study is a stratified randomized clinical trial of primary care physicians, stratified by distinct urban communities in the New York metropolitan area. The primary outcome is colorectal cancer screening recommendations measured via medical audit at 12-month followup after randomization.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Detailing | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Academic Detailing
- description
- The academic detailing intervention will involve multiple components some of which are standardized across physicians (i.e. self-learning packets, newsletters). Detailing will also be customized to each physician, although the frequency of the detailing visits will be routinized across all participants to reduce cost and to maximize its potential for dissemination.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Academic Detailing
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Service-as-Usual
- description
- Control Arm
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Colorectal cancer screening recommendations
- timeFrame
- Up to 12 months from the time of randomization
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Devote at least 50% of their practice to primary care * Work in the study communities * Are non-hospital based community practitioners * Have no immediate plans to retire or to leave their practice. Exclusion Criteria: * Specialty physicians * Intend to retire or otherwise leave practice over course of the study * Other conditions that would preclude meaningful participation * Not working in study communities
References
Publications (1)
- BACKGROUNDHonda K, Gorin SS. A model of stage of change to recommend colonoscopy among urban primary care physicians. Health Psychol. 2006 Jan;25(1):65-73. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.25.1.65. PMID 16448299