Clinical trial · Interventional
Cancer Screening Utilization Rates and Cancer Screening Perspectives of Hospitalized Women
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
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- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Breast and colon cancers are commonly diagnosed cancers among women after skin cancer in Maryland. Patients' preferences for cancer screening are known to significantly influence utilization, and thus impact health outcomes. In a recent study the investigators conducted at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, the investigators observed that among women age 50-75 years admitted to general medicine services over 4-month period, 40% were non-adherent to breast cancer screening (overdue) despite being insured. Therefore, the investigators propose to establish a cohort of hospitalized women to help the investigators develop successful interventions for enhancing breast cancer screening utilization in this group. In following a cohort prospectively, the investigators intend to both reaffirm the results from the investigators' previous study and determine whether the patterns of mammographic screening improve over time as a result of the investigators' interventions. Among non-adherent (overdue) women, the investigators will educate and encourage these women to undergo outpatient screening mammography. To more comprehensively assess the preventive health in this cohort, the investigators will assess the cohort's adherence to colon cancer screening recommendation and barriers to colon cancer screening. In addition the investigators will also like to encourage the hospitalists and house staff taking care of these patients to perform oral cancer screen among women who smoke (non-adherent to breast cancer screening) Finally the investigators will also like to ask the perspective of cancer screening among these women.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Screening | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer screening education for breast, colon and oral cancers | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Cancer screening cohort
- description
- All women in this study to be evaluated for cancer screening utilization rates (breast, colon and oral cancers) and cancer screening perspectives of these hospitalized women. The intervention will be a cancer screening education.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Cancer screening education for breast, colon and oral cancers
Primary outcomes (9)
- measure
- Proportion of women non-adherent to breast cancer screening in this group
- timeFrame
- 3 years
- description
- Proportion of women non-adherent to breast cancer screening will be assessed in these hospitalized women.
- measure
- Prevalence of breast cancer screening post intervention in this group
- timeFrame
- 3 years
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Women between the ages of 50 to 75 years admitted to medicine service at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center * cancer free at baseline (excluding skin cancers) * willing to participate voluntarily Exclusion Criteria: * history of breast cancer or mastectomy * history of other cancers (except skin) or serious comorbidities making life expectancy \<10 years * pregnancy * dementia * chronic disability (unable to stand or nursing home resident) * current admission because of acute coronary event (heart attack) or stroke or pulmonary embolism * chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis * history of BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation * current admission for cellulitis or abscess of breast
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDOlayinka O, Gnanaraj J, Khaliq W. Hospitalized Women's Willingness to Pay for Inpatient Screening Colonoscopy. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2022 Sep 13;3(1):768-773. doi: 10.1089/whr.2022.0014. eCollection 2022. PMID 36185070