Clinical trial · Interventional
Colorectal Cancer Screening Preventive Reminder Ordering AssistanCe Via Texting for Improved Visit Encounters
- 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)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. A substantial portion of the United States population remains overdue for screening, despite availability and insurance coverage of preventive health services. Barriers for completion and remaining up to date with screening include patients not remaining actively engaged with their care team, time constraints during office visits, and operational strain. This project aims to implement and evaluate a primary care visit-based outreach program that improves patient follow through on completion of overdue CRC screening. This will be a 6 month, stepped-wedge, pragmatic trial conducted at Penn Medicine.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavior, Health | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post-visit patient messaging | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Condition
- description
- During the control condition, clinics will receive standard of care.
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Active Intervention
- description
- During the active intervention, clinics will receive patient facing nudges. Patient nudges will be post-visit text message reminders about their overdue CRC screening.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Post-visit patient messaging
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Colonoscopy Completion (6 months)
- timeFrame
- Within 6 months after first eligible primary care visit.
- description
- The primary outcome is completion of a colonoscopy within 6 months of the first eligible primary care visit at which a colonoscopy was ordered by the PCP.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: All patients must meet the following criteria to be eligible: 1. Age 18 years or older 2. A scheduled new or return (non-urgent/sick) primary care visit at one of the study practices 3. Overdue for colorectal cancer screening by health maintenance 4. Ordered for FIT or Colonoscopy at the eligible visit Exclusion Criteria: As this trial is integrated with routine clinical operations, there will be no exclusion criteria other than already having an eligible visit at some point during the trial duration with an order for FIT or Colonoscopy.
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