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Mailed Reminders Plus Fecal Immunochemical Testing

Mailed Reminders Plus Fecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Medicaid Beneficiaries in Mecklenburg County

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Summary

Brief summary (as posted)

Purpose: The investigators propose to test the effectiveness, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of a mailed reminder with and without FIT kits in a population of Medicaid enrollees in Mecklenburg County.

Conditions

Conditions (2)

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
Colorectal Cancer Screening	Colorectal Neoplasm	PROBABILISTIC	0.70

Interventions

Interventions (2)

Intervention	Type	Mapped drug	Match
Mailed Reminders with Fecal Immunochemical Testing kits	Other	—	UNRESOLVED
Reminder letter only	Other	—	UNRESOLVED

Design

Arms and outcomes

Arms (2)

type
EXPERIMENTAL
label
Intervention Group
description
Intervention group will receive: 1. A reminder letter indicating need for screening 2. A FIT kit with completion instructions 3. A health information card including the ability to update records for current screening and opt out from colon cancer screening communication from the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department (MCPHD) 4. A pre-paid return mailer for FIT Kit
interventionNames
1. Other: Mailed Reminders with Fecal Immunochemical Testing kits
type
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
label
Comparison Group
description
Comparison group will receive: 1. A reminder letter indicating need for screening 2. Instructions for obtaining a FIT kit 3. A health information card including the ability to update records for current screening and opt out from colon cancer screening communication from the MCPHD
interventionNames
1. Other: Reminder letter only

Primary outcomes (3)

Eligibility

Eligibility (as posted)

Sex: All
Minimum age: 52 Years
Maximum age: 64 Years

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Inclusion Criteria:

1. Current Medicaid beneficiary,
2. Enrolled in Community Care Partners of Greater Mecklenburg (CCPGM),
3. 52-64 years old,
4. English or Spanish speaking,
5. No record of FOBT/FIT within 12 months or colonoscopy with 10 years, sigmoidoscopy within 5 years; barium enema within 5 years, CT colonography within 10 years,
6. No record of any CRC diagnosis or total colectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

1. \< 52 or \>64 years of age;
2. History of colorectal cancer or total colectomy (see attached table for codes),
3. Persons dually enrolled in Medicare,
4. Not enrolled in CCPGM, 5. Received FOBT or FIT within 12 months; colonoscopy within 10 years; sigmoidoscopy within 5 years; barium enema within 5 years, CT colonography within 10 years

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