Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Urban African American Communities Via Churches

Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Increasing CRC Screening in Urban African American Communities Via Churches

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01139242
• Other study ID #: 05-1271
• Secondary ID: U48DP000059-02S1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2008
• Est. completion date: May 2010

Study information

• Verified date: June 2010
• Source: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is an intervention study to increase colorectal cancer screening and physical activity in members of African-American churches who are 50 years old and older. The control arm receives the Body & Soul program, a program to increase fruit and vegetable intake. The investigators hypothesize that those receiving the intervention, which includes four tailored newsletters and peer counseling, will be more likely to be screened if not up-to-date, and more likely to increase physical activity if screening was up-to-date at baseline, than controls.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 955
• Est. completion date: May 2010
• Est. primary completion date: August 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 50 Years to 99 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Members of African-American churches who are at least 50 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-members of African-American churches; members who are under 50 years of age.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colorectal Cancer
• Colorectal Neoplasms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Body & Soul nutritional intervention
Pastoral and peer counseling, and church activities/menus to promote increased fruit and vegetable consumption among church members.
• Experimental: newsletters and peer counseling
Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to promote CRC screening in church members who are out-of-date with screening. Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to others to increase physical activity.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Higher incidence of CRC screening, if needed, among experimental participants.	Among church members who were out-of-date for CRC screening at baseline, a higher percentage of experimental participants will have been screened at the time of follow-up.	One year