Status:
COMPLETED
Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening
Lead Sponsor:
Harvard University Faculty of Medicine
Collaborating Sponsors:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Conditions:
Prostate Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Two memory research findings (the spacing and testing effects) can dramatically improve retention of learning, but they have largely have been ignored by educators. The researchers have developed a no...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Primary care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) from the 8 Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in the New England region (Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 \[VISN-1\]) were eligible to enroll.
Exclusion
- Primary care providers (PCPs) who ordered PSA as a screen for prostate cancer less than 10 times each year were excluded.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
95 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01168323
Start Date
January 1 2007
End Date
February 1 2009
Last Update
August 9 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02130