Increasing Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening and HPV Vaccination Among Underserved Texans

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer Prevention

Treatments: Behavioral: Cancer control navigation (CNN); Behavioral: General referral (usual care)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04638010

HSC-SPH-10-0241

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study involves a partnership between UTHealth School of Public Health and the Texas 2-1-1 service, which is a helpline connecting low-income and minority callers with a number of needed services. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a prevention program in which a phone navigator intervention designed to connect 2-1-1 helpline callers to evidence-based screening and prevention services including mammography, Pap test screening, colorectal cancer screening, and HPV vaccination.

Enrollment: 1,554 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• callers to 2-1-1
• consents to participate,
• English or Spanish speaking
• not in a crisis (e.g., disaster-related 2-1-1 call or personal crisis)

Exclusion criteria

• not English or Spanish speaking
• in crisis (e.g., disaster-related call or personal crisis)
• calling on behalf of another client and not for self

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,554 participants in 2 patient groups

Cancer control navigation (CNN) plus General referral (usual care)

Experimental group

Description:

Information Specialists at the 2-1-1 call center provide cancer control referrals specific to participant's screening or prevention needs. Additionally, Cancer Control Navigators (CNNs) housed at 2-1-1 call centers aid callers. CNNs receive electronic summary profiles of participants assigned to navigation. Navigators call the participant, build a collaborative relationship with them, identify their needs, work with them to identify barriers to services and coordinate solutions, and provide logistic (e.g., making appointments) and emotional support. Navigation services are provided by telephone only.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cancer control navigation (CNN)

Behavioral: General referral (usual care)

General referral (usual care)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Information Specialists at the 2-1-1 call center provide cancer control referrals specific to participant's screening or prevention needs.

Treatment:

Behavioral: General referral (usual care)