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Colorectal CancerNCT02188927

Effect of an Advanced Notification Letter on Screening Colonoscopy Participation

A study testing Implementation of ANL and No included ANL in people with Colorectal Cancer and Adenoma, run by Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology at 1 site in Poland.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

Participation in a primary screening colonoscopy programs remains low. Advanced notification letter has been shown to increase participation in colorectal cancer screening with fecal occult blood testing and to be cost effective compared to standard invitation. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 55 to 64 years
Conditions the study is for
Colorectal Cancer, Adenoma, Rectal Cancer
What is being tested?
Implementation of ANL and No included ANL
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
6,800 participants
Where
1 sitePoland
Study dates
Aug 2014to Feb 2015
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 55 to 64 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • all individuals aged 55-64 years living in the counties covered with the organized CRC screening program and assigned to invitation to screening colonoscopy in the year 2014 are eligible for the study.

Who cannot join

  • message from neighbor/family/post office on death of screenee (not updated in Population Registry)
  • resident abroad (not updated in Population Registry)
  • return of unopened letter of invitation and/or reminder (address unknown)
  • diagnosis of CRC before the date of draw (not updated in the National Cancer Registry)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Poland1 site
  • The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

    Warsaw, Mazovian

    Karolina Janikowska, MD, MSc, 22 546 30 58 ext. +48, kjanikowska@gmail.com

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About this study

Official title: Participation in Screening Colonoscopy in Response to an Advanced Notification Letter Plus Standard Invitation Versus Standard Invitation Only - a Population-based Randomized Controlled Trial

Participation in a primary screening colonoscopy programs remains low. Advanced notification letter has been shown to increase participation in colorectal cancer screening with fecal occult blood testing and to be cost effective compared to standard invitation. It is unknown whether advanced notification letter increases participation rate in primary colonoscopy screening program.

We hypothesize that an Advance Notification Letter will have significant influence on participation in screening colonoscopy, comparing to standard invitation procedure and will thus result in higher efficiency of the program.

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This randomized controlled study aims to compare the participation rate in screening colonoscopy in response to advanced notification plus standard invitation letter and standard invitation letter alone.

Material and methods: 6800 individuals aged 55-64 years will be drawn from the Population Registry and randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to the group invited for screening colonoscopy with advanced notification letter (send two weeks before standard invitation) plus standard invitation (send six weeks before planned screening colonoscopy) or to standard invitation only (send six weeks before planned screening colonoscopy). The sample size was calculated to detect 3% difference in participation rate between the groups (25% vs 28%) with 80% power.

Being tested
Implementation of ANL, No included ANL
Keywords
Advanced notification letter, Standard invitation, Participation rate, Colonoscopy, Screening, Colorectal Neoplasms, Digestive System Diseases
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms, Adenoma, Rectal Neoplasms, Digestive System Diseases

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Implementation of ANLOther

    Advance Notification Letter will be send two weeks before Standard Invitation for screening colonoscopy

  • No included ANLBehavioural

    Sending Standard Invitation only six weeks before planned screening colonoscopy

Study groups in NCT02188927
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Implementation of ANLExperimentalIntervention: Procedure : Implementation of routine Advanced Notification Letter included in Standard Invitation procedure Advanced Notification Letter will be implemented in invitation procedure and send two weeks before Standard Invitation (Standard Invitation will be send six weeks before planned screening colonoscopy)
Receives: Other: Implementation of ANL
No included ANLActive comparatorIntervention: Behavioral : No included Advanced Notification Letter Sending Standard Invitation six weeks before planned screening colonoscopy
Receives: Behavioral: No included ANL

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Participation rate

    A percentage of invitees who undergo the screening colonoscopy. The sample size was calculated to detect 3% difference in participation rate between the groups (25% vs 28%) with 80% power.

    Measured: three months after receiving invitation

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Response rate

    Estimation of the invitees' response rate to Standard Invitation and Advanced Notification Letter followed by Standard Invitation, before receiving Reminding Letter.

    Measured: three months after receiving invitation

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted14 Jul 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2014
  3. Primary completionDec 2014 (estimated)
  4. Study completionFeb 2015 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
6,800 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02188927
Sponsor's protocol ID
TEAM/2012-9/5
Status last verified
Jul 2014
First submitted
11 Jul 2014
Last updated
14 Jul 2014
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Implementation of ANL and No included ANL in people with Colorectal Cancer and Adenoma, run by Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology at 1 site in Poland.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Jul 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Poland. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Participation rate (time frame: three months after receiving invitation). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 Jul 2014.

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