Clinical trial · Interventional
Does the Recall by the General Practitioner Improve Patients' Participation in Colorectal Cancer Screening?
Does the Invitation by the General Practitioner Improve Patients' Participation in Colorectal Cancer Screening? A Cluster Randomised Controlled Study.
NCT01279330CI-TRIAL-00004300Pagedocc2unknownN/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)
The propose of this study is to assess the effect of general practitioner's involvement in the stimulus invitation letter in colorectal cancer screening compared to sending the patient home test (stimulus 2 of reference as contained in the specifications).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Co-signed Letter | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Patients receive by mail the materials needed for stool samples.
- interventionNames
- Other: Control
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Co-signed Letter
- interventionNames
- Other: Co-signed Letter
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Completion of Fecal Occult Blod Test
- timeFrame
- 7 months
- description
- Increased number of patients who completed the test for faecal occult blood following the first solicitation with the letter co-signed by general practitioner, compared with the conventional solicition(including replies exclusions).
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
- Maximum age
- 74 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age : 50 to 74 years. * Not having answered the first two solicitations of ADECA75 to participate in screening for colorectal cancer Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have a Fecal Occult Blood Test for less than 2 years or a colonoscopy within the past 5 years or excluded for medical reasons (according to information known from ADECA).
References
Publications (0)
Data not yet available
No reference posted for this study.