A Study of Using Social Networks to Encourage Three Peers to Complete Screening for Colorectal Cancer

Colon Cancer Screening Clinical Trial

Official title:

FITx3 RCT: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Leveraging Social Networks to Encourage Three Peers to Complete Fecal Immunochemical Testing for Colorectal Cancer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05793593
• Other study ID #: 23-078
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 17, 2023
• Est. completion date: March 2025

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Contact: Francesca Gany, MD, MS
• Phone: 646-888-8054
• Email: ganyf[@]mskcc.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Black community has higher rates of colorectal cancer and lower rates of colorectal cancer screenings than whites. Getting screened through FIT testing may help catch colorectal cancer earlier, when it is easier to treat. MSK has created a program to help people who have been FIT tested to also help their peers (family, friends, and colleagues) in their community get FIT tested. The researchers think that training people on peer outreach, such as telling people in your social network about FIT testing and how to get it, may increase the rate of colorectal cancer screening. The purpose of this study is to see if training people on peer outreach increases the number of people who get screened for colorectal cancer through FIT testing.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: March 2025
• Est. primary completion date: March 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 45 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Self-identifies as Black (inclusive of African, African-American, or Afro-Caribbean)

• Male

• Speaks English or French very well

• Is at least 45 years of age and no greater than 75 years of age

• Has completed FIT testing within the prior year

• Has at least 5 close network affiliates, who are Black males, and of at least 45 years of age and no greater than 75 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• Has a household member who has already participated (or agreed to participate)

• Has already been approached by a peer participating in the study (index participant) to complete FIT testing

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colon Cancer Screening
• Colorectal Neoplasms

Intervention

Other:
• FITx3 intervention and CRC education
Provide CRC education, SN education, handouts and text message/social media posts example library. Monthly Telephone Support Provide any additional support to index participants for peer FIT testing, assist in completion of peer outreach tracker. Biweekly Text Messages. Follow-up Assessment (month 8 after intervention) Complete follow-up form and assist in completion of peer outreach tracker Provide reminders to encourage participants to encourage peers to get FIT tested.
• Colorectal Cancer (CRC) education alone
CRC education alone.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Memoiral Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)	Basking Ridge	New Jersey
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (All Protocol Activities)	Commack	New York
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)	Harrison	New York
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)	Middletown	New Jersey
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)	Montvale	New Jersey
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)	New York	New York
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)	Rockville Centre	New York

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	CANCER PREVENTION FUND

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	number of people beyond the index participants who complete FIT screening		within 8 months of the index participant's enrollment

External Links

•   Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center