Clinical trial · Interventional
A Mammography FastTrack Program in Increasing the Number of Women Undergoing Breast Cancer Screening
Breast Cancer Screening and Follow-Up in a PBRN: The Mammography FastTrack Trial
NCT00462891CI-TRIAL-00010371completedN/AClinicalTrials.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: Screening may help doctors find breast cancer cells early and plan better treatment for breast cancer. The Mammography FastTrack program may be effective in increasing the number of patients who undergo mammography. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying the use of a Mammography FastTrack program to increase the number of women who undergo mammography.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT System | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- IT System
- description
- IT system to send reminder letters to patients overdue for breast cancer screening.
- interventionNames
- Other: IT System
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual Care
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Proportion of overdue patients completing mammography screening in intervention and control groups
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- Proportion of overdue patients completing mammography screening in intervention and control groups over the 1-year study.
Secondary outcomes (3)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Any outpatient at a participating Massachusetts General Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (MGPC-PBRN) practice within the past 3 years * No patient who the Massachusetts General Hospital system lists as having a primary care provider who is not in one of the MGPC-PBRN networks (linking patients with a provider or practice) * No patient who is not linked to specific provider or practice (randomized portion of study) * Billing, scheduling, and clinical electronic data sources required * No mammogram within the past 2 years (randomized portion of study) * Hormone receptor status not specified PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Age 42 to 69 years (randomized portion of study) * Female * Menopausal status not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * No prior bilateral mastectomy (randomized portion of study)
References
Publications (2)
- RESULTAtlas SJ, Grant RW, Lester WT, Ashburner JM, Chang Y, Barry MJ, Chueh HC. A cluster-randomized trial of a primary care informatics-based system for breast cancer screening. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Feb;26(2):154-61. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1500-0. Epub 2010 Sep 15. PMID 20872083
- DERIVEDAtlas SJ, Ashburner JM, Chang Y, Lester WT, Barry MJ, Grant RW. Population-based breast cancer screening in a primary care network. Am J Manag Care. 2012 Dec;18(12):821-9. PMID 23286611