Does the Recall by the General Practitioner Improve Patients' Participation in Colorectal Cancer Screening? (Pagedocc2)

University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Other: Control; Other: Co-signed Letter

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01279330

PAGEDOCC2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The propose of this study is to assess the effect of general practitioner's involvement in the stimulus invitation letter in colorectal cancer screening compared to sending the patient home test (stimulus 2 of reference as contained in the specifications).

Enrollment: 1,569 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 74 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age : 50 to 74 years.
• Not having answered the first two solicitations of ADECA75 to participate in screening for colorectal cancer

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who have a Fecal Occult Blood Test for less than 2 years or a colonoscopy within the past 5 years or excluded for medical reasons (according to information known from ADECA).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,569 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients receive by mail the materials needed for stool samples.

Treatment:

Other: Control

Co-signed Letter

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Co-signed Letter