Status:

COMPLETED

Facilitators to Keeping Colonoscopy Appointments

Lead Sponsor:

University of Pennsylvania

Conditions:

Healthy

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

To identify patients at risk for nonattendance to their first scheduled colonoscopy and to conduct a randomized trial of a theory-based, peer coach intervention on completing the scheduled colonoscopy...

Detailed Description

The potential to reduce the morbidity and mortality from colorectal cancer, the second most common cause of cancer death in the U.S. has been compromised because only about half of eligible patients h...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 50
  • No prior colonoscopy in our health system records
  • Patient in one of four primary care clinics within the University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Attended \<75 of their primary care physicians visits within the past year

Exclusion

  • Colonoscopy not ordered by a primary care physician in a study clinic
  • High readiness for the procedure
  • A health care professional
  • Had a prior colonoscopy outside of our health care system

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

October 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

140 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00431327

Start Date

February 1 2005

End Date

October 1 2006

Last Update

May 24 2023

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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104