Status:

COMPLETED

Educational Intervention With or Without Telephone Counseling in Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Compliance in Brothers and Sisters of Patients With Colorectal Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Colorectal Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

40+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Printed educational materials and counseling by telephone may improve colorectal cancer screening compliance in brothers and sisters of patients with colorectal cancer. PURPOSE: This rando...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Compare the impact of 3 interventions (generic educational print intervention, tailored educational print intervention, or tailored educational print intervention plus telephone counsel...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Sibling of a patient diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum
  • Patient (proband) must meet the following criteria:
  • Diagnosed in 1999 or later
  • Currently living
  • Seen in Community Clinical Oncology Program member hospital
  • 60 and under at diagnosis
  • No history of hereditary cancer syndrome (e.g., familial adenomatous polyposis or hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer) (patient and sibling)
  • No history of colorectal cancer or colorectal polyps (sibling)
  • No history of inflammatory bowel disease (patient and sibling)
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age 40 and over OR within 10 years of proband's (patient's) age at diagnosis
  • English speaking
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • No prior colorectal cancer screening
  • May have undergone prior screening provided they have not followed, or do not plan to follow, physician's recommendation for screening

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    November 1 2013

    Estimated Enrollment :

    660 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00352638

    Start Date

    August 1 2005

    End Date

    November 1 2013

    Last Update

    May 16 2014

    Active Locations (18)

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    1

    Helen F. Graham Cancer Center at Christiana Care

    Newark, Delaware, United States, 19713

    2

    Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20007

    3

    H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center CCOP Research Base

    Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612

    4

    Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114