Intervention Project to Increase Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Barcelos/Esposende

Local Health Unit Barcelos/Esposende, Public Health Unit

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Colon and Rectal Cancer

Treatments: Other: Arm1: intervention 1 (SMS+call); Other: Control group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06972160

Rede+Rastreio-Cancro

Details and patient eligibility

About

An experimental study through a randomized clinical trial, without blinding (for participants and the research team), with a control group (not subject to intervention) and an intervention group (subject to two text messages, an automated non-human call or a call made by the administrative assistant, and a phone call made by a physician).

Enrollment: 1,038 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 49 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants must be registered in the ULS of

Barcelos/Esposende and meet the following criteria:

1. Age between 50 and 74 years.
2. No symptoms such as weight loss in the last 6 months or gastrointestinal symptoms.
3. No prior diagnosis of CRC.
4. No diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease).
5. No family history of CRC in first- and second-degree relatives diagnosed before age 60.
6. No prior fecal occult blood test (FOBT) in the 11 months before receiving the collection kit or no prior sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy in the last 24 months.

Exclusion criteria

1. Participants who did not receive the screening kit at home.
2. Participants without a phone number.
3. Participants who do not answer the phone or refuse to participate in the study.
4. Participants unable to consent or perform the screening due to physical, mental, or other conditions that seriously impair comprehension.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,038 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Interventional Group

Experimental group

Description:

The interventional group will be subjected to interventions to increase the adherence to screening, including text messages via phone as well as phone calls.

Treatment:

Other: Arm1: intervention 1 (SMS+call)

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The control group will not be subjected to any interventions to increase the adherence to screening.

Treatment:

Other: Control group