Clinical trial · Interventional
Outreach for Patients That Are Newly Eligible for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Using Precision Performance Measurement To Conduct Focused Quality Improvement. Sub-study 2
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Lack of sufficient participants meeting the eligibility criteria to complete study in proposed and acceptable time frame.
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether patient outreach is effective at increasing compliance with preventative screenings for those patients who, based on national quality standards, have become newly eligible for screening measures. We hypothesize that educational outreach may increase completion rates.
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 (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter and Educational DVD | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Letter Only | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual Care
- description
- Usual Care. Participants in this arm will receive Usual care until outcome assessment is performed at 6 months following randomization. At that time, they will be sent a letter reminding them to obtain the ordered preventative service test, however no further outcomes will be assessed. Thus, during the course of the study, all participants in this arm will have solely received usual care.
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Behavioral: Letter Only
- description
- Behavioral: Letter Only Prior to a scheduled upcoming appointment, participants will get a letter signed by their physician that provides brief information about colorectal cancer (CRC) and notes the importance of CRC screening.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Letter Only
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Behavioral: Letter and Educational DVD
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
- Maximum age
- 50 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine * Patient has a scheduled appointment with a GIM physician in the next several weeks * Patient will be 50 years old at the time of this appointment * Patient is male or female Exclusion Criteria: * This is the first time the patient is seen in the NMFF GIM clinic * There is a prior completion of CRC screening noted in EHR. * There is a prior order placed for CRC screening in EHR. * Patient has a history of CRC * Patient has a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's Disease, or documented colectomy.
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