Clinical trial · Interventional
Health Service Intervention for the Improvement of Access and Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Increasing Access and Developing Predictors for Colorectal Cancer Screening for Minority and Medicaid Clients
- 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)
This phase I study investigates how well a health service program called Witness CARES Services works in increasing access and adherence to colorectal cancer screening in patients who have not undergone a colorectal screening in the past year. Providing patients with navigational and screening services via Witness CARES Services may improve access to and adherence levels of colorectal screening.
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 Carcinoma | Colorectal Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Service | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Survey Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Health services research (Witness CARES services) Intervention
- description
- Patients who are not prepared for a colonoscopy or stool test receive educational materials, messages, and videos electronically or by mail with information about colorectal screening and are followed up by phone within 2 weeks. Patients desiring colonoscopy, receive navigators assistance with obtaining the screening (e.g.,determining gastrointestinal doctor, scheduling appointment, prep materials and process, transportation, escort). Patients desiring a stool test, receive navigators assistance by facilitating fecal tests.
- interventionNames
- Other: Community Health Service
- Other: Survey Administration
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Change in Screening Metrics
- timeFrame
- Up to 12 months
- description
- After CRC screening, satisfaction surveys will be conducted in order to assess the services of the Witness Cares Program. Below are responses to basic follow-up questions.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 50 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants who are non-adherent to CRC screening over the past year (i.e., no stool testing in past 11 months or colonoscopy for over 9 years) * Medicaid or Medicaid/Medicare subscribers * Uninsured patients may be included from Mercy Comprehensive Care Center (MCCC), but will only be eligible for services to obtain fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) through the New York State (NYS) Cancer Services Program Exclusion Criteria: * Any participants from the lists of gaps in care clients from insurance or primary care practices who report having had a colonoscopy in the past 9 years (or having positive findings such as polyps, 5 years) or having completed some type of fecal test for CRC will be excluded * Participants under 50 will be excluded unless they have been deemed high risk by their physician, and have a prescription for CRC screening * Participants symptomatic for CRC will be excluded from the study
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