Clinical trial · Interventional
A Patient Portal Tool, E-assist, for Supporting CRC Screening
A Post-Visit Patient Portal Tool to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening
- 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)
To compare patient perceptions, intent to screen, and screening use among those using a patient portal with and without a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening decision support tool, e-assist. To evaluate whether the effectiveness of e-assist is moderated by multi-level factors, including patient health literacy, decision-making preference, and CRC screening decision stage. To assess program impact and create an implementation guide for e-assist by combining results from Aims 1 \& 2, a program implementation analysis/process evaluation and the perspectives of staff from future diverse implementation sites including small primary care practices, University-based primary practices and federally-qualified health centers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| e-assist: Colon Health | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Healthwise Educational Program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- e-assist: Colon Health (treatment arm)
- description
- Eligible patients identified will receive a prompt (via email) to log into portal for an important health message. Once eligible patient initiates portal session, continuing past IRB consent screen, patient is enrolled.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: e-assist: Colon Health
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Healthwise Educational Program (active control)
- description
- Eligible patients identified will receive a prompt (via email) to log into portal for an important health message. Once eligible patient initiates portal session, continuing past IRB consent screen, patient is enrolled.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Healthwise Educational Program
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: -CRC screening recommendation via colonoscopy and/or stool cards at time of primary care appointment. Receiving care in a HFHS primary care clinic and activated MyChart account. Exclusion Criteria: * EHR-documented colonoscopy in the past 10 years, sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years, or fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or fecal immunochemical test (FIT) in the past 12 months. * Elevated risk for CRC (i.e., personal or family history of CRC, those with prior polyps, or a history of inflammatory bowel disease, familial adenomatous polyposis, or hereditary nonpolyposis).
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDLafata JE, Shin Y, Flocke SA, Hawley ST, Jones RM, Resnicow K, Schreiber M, Shires DA, Tu SP. Randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of offering postvisit decision support and assistance in obtaining physician-recommended colorectal cancer screening: the e-assist: Colon Health study-a protocol study. BMJ Open. 2019 Jan 7;9(1):e023986. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023986. PMID 30617102
- DERIVEDDyer KE, Shires DA, Flocke SA, Hawley ST, Jones RM, Resnicow K, Shin Y, Lafata JE. Patient-Reported Needs Following a Referral for Colorectal Cancer Screening. Am J Prev Med. 2019 Feb;56(2):271-280. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.08.017. Epub 2018 Dec 13. PMID 30554975