Clinical trial · Interventional
Impact of a Mailed Educational Reminder on Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT): A Randomized Controlled Trial
- 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 purpose of our randomized controlled trial is to determine whether mailed educational reminders would increase fecal occult blood test (FOBT) card return rates and, therefore, improve patient compliance with colonrectal cancer (CRC) screening. We will conduct a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the hypothesis that compliance to FOBT referrals is at least 10% greater among patients who receive mailed educational reminders on the importance of CRC screening. The study will be conducted in Veteran Affairs Medical Center and surrounding VA clinics in San Diego.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colon Cancer | Malignant Colon Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailed Educational Reminder | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- 1
- description
- 400 patients will be given a mailed educational reminder 10 days after picking up their FOBT cards from the VA laboratory.
- interventionNames
- Other: Mailed Educational Reminder
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- 2
- description
- 400 patients will not receive a mailed educational reminder to return their FOBT cards after they have picked up the FOBT cards from the VA laboratory
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Our primary outcome is FOBT card return rate
- timeFrame
- 6 months
Secondary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
- Maximum age
- 100 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * asymptomatic men and women age 50 years or older who received screening FOBT card kits from the laboratory Exclusion Criteria: * are less than 50 years of age * are inpatients * are not undergoing routine colon cancer screening
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDStokamer CL, Tenner CT, Chaudhuri J, Vazquez E, Bini EJ. Randomized controlled trial of the impact of intensive patient education on compliance with fecal occult blood testing. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Mar;20(3):278-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40023.x. PMID 15836533
- DERIVEDLee JK, Reis V, Liu S, Conn L, Groessl EJ, Ganiats TG, Ho SB. Improving fecal occult blood testing compliance using a mailed educational reminder. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Nov;24(11):1192-7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1087-5. Epub 2009 Sep 23. PMID 19774423