Coordinated Endoscopic Colorectal Cancer Screening
The investigators aim to use a randomized design to test the effects of 1) tailored
physician recommendations, relative to non-specific recommendations, and 2) coordinated
physician office management systems on patient adherence to colorectal cancer screening
recommendations.
To accomplish these aims, the investigators propose 1) to use existing physician
practice-based computerized patient registration systems to define populations of 50 to 79
year-old pri-mary care patients, 2) to use mailed questionnaires to determine colorectal
cancer risk factor status and prior colorectal cancer screening history, 3) to use responses
from mailed questionnaires to identify persons not adhering to colorectal cancer screening
guidelines, 4) to use computer driven algorithms to help physicians prepare and deliver
individually tailored and written colorectal cancer screening recommendations, and 5) to
develop, implement, and evaluate a centralized service for delivering high quality screening
flexible sigmoidoscopy.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Medical record verified flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
Joel L. Weissfeld, MD MPH
Principal Investigator
University of Pittsburgh
United States: Federal Government
S1796-21/23 (NCE)
NCT00327457
June 2002
March 2005
Name | Location |
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University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 |