Clinical trial · Interventional
Uncovering and Overcoming the Barriers of Colorectal Cancer Screening Amongst Spouses of Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Uncovering and Overcoming the Barriers of Colorectal Cancer Screening Amongst Spouses of Patients With Colorectal Cancer Through a Randomized Control Trial
- 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 determine amongst spouses of colorectal cancer patients: 1. Screening rates for Colorectal Cancer (CRC) amongst spouses of patients with CRC 2. Barriers to screening based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) 3. Mediators to behaviour change using the transtheoretical model of behavioural change 4. If tailored interventions addressing education, convenience and cost would improve screening rates amongst the spouses
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current practice | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Targeted intervention programme | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- Current practice
- description
- "Intervention A" depicts current practices by informing the participants that FIT kits can be obtained from from the Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) or one of their collection point free of charge.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Current practice
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Targeted intervention programme
- description
- "Intervention B" involves a targeted intervention programme tackling issues relating to a lack of education, inconvenience and cost would improve screening rates amongst the spouses.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Targeted intervention programme
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Has a partner who was diagnosed and treated for Colorectal Cancer 2. Either Singaporean or Permanent Resident; 3. Fulfilled the eligibility to undergo screening for colorectal cancer as stipulated by MOH. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pre-existing family history of FAP, HNPCC or inflammatory bowel disease in the family, as this would place the patient in the high risk group 2. Previous personal history of colorectal cancer or colorectal polyps 3. Underwent previous FOBT/FIT tests for CRC (this is an exclusion to participate in Stage 2-RCT only. Participants can still take part in Stage 1 and Stage 3 of the study if they fulfilled inclusion criteria 1-3, and did not meet any of the exclusion criteria 1-2)
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDLau J, Choe L, Hui Juan Lee D, Khoo AM, Koh WL, Peh C, Ng A, Lim TZ, Lieske B, Lee KC, Chong CS, Seow CS, Keh CHL, Ng JY, Tan KK. Increasing Colorectal Screening Uptake in Spouses of Patients With Colorectal Cancer Using a Randomized Behavioral Trial. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 Jul 29;22(6):e247018. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2024.7018. PMID 39074504