Clinical trial · Interventional
RCT of Automated Telephone Outreach to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening
Automated Telephone Outreach With Speech Recognition to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Randomized Controlled Trial
NCT00792285CI-TRIAL-00001788completedN/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)
This large randomized controlled trial is testing the effectiveness of automated telephone outreach with speech recognition to improve rates of screening for colorectal cancer. The hypothesis is that the intervention improves rates of screening overall and specifically rates of colonoscopy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automated Telephone Outreach with Speech Recognition | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Automated Telephone Outreach
- description
- Automated Telephone Outreach with Speech Recognition
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Automated Telephone Outreach with Speech Recognition
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual Care
- description
- Usual Care
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- colorectal cancer screening
- timeFrame
- one year
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
- Maximum age
- 64 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 50-64 at baseline * Continuous enrollment in health plan Exclusion Criteria: * Prior request for exclusion from research or quality improvement * No telephone number on file * Enrolled in other telephone-based outreach program of the health plan * Share household with another eligible member * Evidence of colorectal cancer or polyps at baseline * Evidence of prior screening at baseline such that screening is not due at time of intervention
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDSimon SR, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Ensroth A, Bernstein L, Fletcher RH, Ross-Degnan D. Failure of automated telephone outreach with speech recognition to improve colorectal cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Feb 8;170(3):264-70. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.522. PMID 20142572