Status:
COMPLETED
Educational Intervention With or Without Telephone Counseling in Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Compliance in Brothers and Sisters of Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Colorectal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
40+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Printed educational materials and counseling by telephone may improve colorectal cancer screening compliance in brothers and sisters of patients with colorectal cancer. PURPOSE: This rando...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Compare the impact of 3 interventions (generic educational print intervention, tailored educational print intervention, or tailored educational print intervention plus telephone counsel...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Sibling of a patient diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum
- Patient (proband) must meet the following criteria:
- Diagnosed in 1999 or later
- Currently living
- Seen in Community Clinical Oncology Program member hospital
- 60 and under at diagnosis
- No history of hereditary cancer syndrome (e.g., familial adenomatous polyposis or hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer) (patient and sibling)
- No history of colorectal cancer or colorectal polyps (sibling)
- No history of inflammatory bowel disease (patient and sibling)
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Age 40 and over OR within 10 years of proband's (patient's) age at diagnosis
- English speaking
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- No prior colorectal cancer screening
- May have undergone prior screening provided they have not followed, or do not plan to follow, physician's recommendation for screening
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
660 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00352638
Start Date
August 1 2005
End Date
November 1 2013
Last Update
May 16 2014
Active Locations (18)
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1
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center at Christiana Care
Newark, Delaware, United States, 19713
2
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20007
3
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center CCOP Research Base
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
4
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114