Clinical trialNCT03246438CompletedInterventional

Choice Architecture and Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach

SponsorUniversity of PennsylvaniaEnrollment423Cancer of Colon

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Summary

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This pilot study is a 3-arm randomized control trial assessing the effectiveness of sequential or active choice in CRC (colorectal cancer) screening outreach vs. colonoscopy outreach only, in patients between 50-74 years old, who have received care at the University City or Valley Forge CCA (Community Care Associates) practices, are due for screening, and are asymptomatic for CRC. The three arms are: Arm 1: Direct schedule colonoscopy (Control), Arm 2: Direct schedule colonoscopy followed by mailed FIT(Fecal Immunochemical Test) (Sequential Choice), and Arm 3: Choice of direct schedule colonoscopy or mailed FIT (Active Choice).

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Investigators

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Chyke Doubeni, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator
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Shivan Mehta, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 14 Nov 2017
Primary completion: 14 Mar 2018
Completion: 14 Jul 2018
Last update posted: 20 Feb 2019
Registered enrollment: 423
Registry id: NCT03246438

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 4 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.