Clinical trial · Interventional
Increasing Access to Breast Cancer Screening Among Immigrants
A Randomized Trial to Increase Access to Breast Cancer Screening by Invitation Language Among Immigrants in Norway
NCT04672265CI-TRIAL-00075666active not recruitingN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
The investigators aim to test whether inviting immigrants to breast cancer screening with a letter in their mother tongue in addition to the standard letter in Norwegian changes screening uptake in these immigrant groups, compared with a comparable group who receive the invitation in Norwegian only,
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 | Breast Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mother tongue and Norwegian | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Mother tongue and Norwegian
- description
- Written material related to screening sent to the invitee in two languages.
- interventionNames
- Other: Mother tongue and Norwegian
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Norwegian
- description
- Written material related to screening sent to the invitee in Norwegian only.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Screening attendance
- timeFrame
- 0-6 months after sent screening invitation letter
- description
- Attendance in breast cancer screening programme (yes/no)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 48 Years
- Maximum age
- 73 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Invited to screening program during the study recruitment period (January 2021-June 2022) * The registered country of birth of the invitee is one of the following; Poland, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Morocco, Lebanon, Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Sudan and Tunisia Exclusion Criteria: * Not reached with the screening invitation letter because of wrong address or similar
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDHofvind S, Iqbal N, Thy JE, Mangerud G, Bhargava S, Zackrisson S, Berstad P. Effect of invitation letter in language of origin on screening attendance: randomised controlled trial in BreastScreen Norway. BMJ. 2023 Sep 19;382:e075465. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-075465. PMID 37726122