RCT of Mailed Brochure to Boost Adherence to Screening Colonoscopy

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colonoscopy; Mass Screening

Treatments: Behavioral: Mailed educational brochure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00308568

05-0038

MRSG-06-081-01-CPPB-01 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a mailed educational brochure on adherence to referral for screening colonoscopy. The comparison (or control) group receives no mailer, which is usual care.

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Referrals for screening colonoscopy; Asymptomatic; age>=50

Exclusion criteria

Referrals for diagnostic colonoscopy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind