Clinical trial · Interventional
Personal Electronic Health Records in Improving Screening Rates for Colorectal Cancer
Use of a Personal Health Record to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening
NCT01032746CI-TRIAL-00013051unknownN/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: Use of a web-based risk assessment tool may help improve screening rates for colorectal cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying personal electronic health records to see how well they work in improving screening rates for colorectal cancer.
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 (5)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| educational intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| evaluation of cancer risk factors | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| fecal occult blood test | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| internet-based intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| screening colonoscopy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Receipt of colorectal cancer screening exam (fecal occult blood test, flexible sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy) within 4 months following delivery of an electronic message within the personal health record
Secondary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Proportion of participants who access the web-based risk-assessment tool
- measure
- Distribution of risk-status among participants who complete the web-based risk-assessment tool
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Overdue for colorectal cancer screening (identified using automated extracts from the electronic medical record), as defined by the following criteria: * No fecal occult blood test within the past 12 months * No flexible sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years * No colonoscopy within the past 10 years * Receiving primary care at a Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates (HVMA) center * Registered to use the HVMA patient portal (MyHealth) AND has an active MyHealth account PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTSequist TD, Zaslavsky AM, Colditz GA, Ayanian JZ. Electronic patient messages to promote colorectal cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Apr 11;171(7):636-41. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.467. Epub 2010 Dec 13. PMID 21149743