RCT to Examine the Effects of Scanning

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Cancer; Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Health Newsletter

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01804621

811285

3P20CA095856-07S1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to implement a randomized control trial testing effects of information scanning on cancer prevention and screening behaviors in a population sample of 50-70 year olds. Participants will receive one of five versions of an e-newsletter once/month for 12 months and will be asked to complete baseline, mid-point, and end-of-project surveys.

Enrollment: 15,824 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• US adults, male or female, between 50 and 70 years of age.

Exclusion criteria

• Potential subjects will be excluded if they are not between the ages of 50 and 70

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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15,824 participants in 4 patient groups

Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Participant received health newsletter with targeted articles about exercise behavior.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health Newsletter

Fruit & Vegetable

Experimental group

Description:

Participant received health newsletter with targeted articles about fruit \& vegetable consumption.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health Newsletter

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Experimental group

Description:

Participant received health newsletter with targeted articles about colorectal cancer screening.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health Newsletter

Mammography

Experimental group

Description:

Participant received health newsletter with targeted articles about mammography screening.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health Newsletter