Technology and Health Communication in Improving Health Outcomes in Patients Scheduled for Mammography

Healthy Subject Clinical Trial

Official title:

Text for Health: Integrating Technology and Health Communication to Improve Health Outcomes (Part 2 of 2)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04290585
• Other study ID #: IRB13858
• Secondary ID: NCI-2015-02088IR
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 5, 2014
• Est. completion date: October 2017

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies how well technology and health communication works in improving health outcomes in patients scheduled for mammography screening. The Mobile Mammography Screening Program provides a vital health service and it is important that all women scheduled for an appointment show-up to be screened. Technology and health communication may help decrease no-show rates among patients scheduled for mammography screening.

Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To decrease the mobile mammography unit no-show rate by sending text message appointment reminders to patients.

II. To assess the efficacy of the text message reminders at addressing the no-show rate by collecting satisfaction survey data from patients that received the texts and that came to their scheduled appointment.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive 1-2 text messages a few weeks before and 1 text message 24 hours before their mammography screening appointment. Patients also receive a phone call reminder as per standard practice.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 160
• Est. completion date: October 2017
• Est. primary completion date: October 28, 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Appointment is at a participating location

• Has a cell phone that can send and receive text messages

• Agrees to receive the text messages

• Can read either English or Spanish

• Not yet sent text messages to 100 patients in community or corporate sites

• Scheduled at least 1 week prior to the appointment date

• PATIENTS FOR FOLLOW UP: come to their scheduled appointment

• PATIENTS FOR FOLLOW UP: received the text message reminders

• PATIENTS FOR FOLLOW UP: can read either English or Spanish

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Neoplasms
• Female Breast Carcinoma
• Healthy Subject

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies

Behavioral:
• Telephone-Based Intervention
Receive text message reminders

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Fox Chase Cancer Center	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Fox Chase Cancer Center	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in no-show rate pre- and post-intervention	The change (or lack of change) in the corporate sites? no-show rate will be compared to the change (or lack of change) in the community sites? no-show rate. Descriptive statistics will be used to describe the results.	Baseline to up to 1 year
Secondary	Acceptability of using text messaging as a reminder: survey	Descriptive statistics will be used to report the results of the satisfaction survey.	Up to 1 year