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Impact of the Distribution to Attending Physicians of a Nominative List of Their Patients Not Participating in the Organised Screening of Colorectal Cancer

Sponsor: Nantes University Hospital

Summary

Objective : to demonstrate that providing to GPs a list of their patients who are not compliant to colorectal cancer screening will 1) enhance patient participation to screening, and 2) decrease the proportion of cancer diagnosed outside the screening organisation. Design : Randomised controlled study, 3 parallel arms. Enrollment: GPs allocated in the 3 groups of the study will be all GPs 1) from the "Loire-Atlantique and Vendée" geographic area (1300 GPs on average) and 2) who have more than 100 patients in their patient list (based on data provided by the Healthcare Insurance System Services). Patients will be eligible to the study depending on their eligibility to the Faecal Occult Blood Test for colorectal cancer screening : 1) they should be older than 50 and younger than 74; 2) they should not have a personal history of colorectal cancer (or history of adenoma bigger than 1 cm) nor a family history of colorectal cancer. Main outcomes measures : Patient participation to colorectal cancer screening, and number of cancers screened in (versus diagnosed outside) the screening procedure.

Official title: Impact of the Distribution to Attending Physicians of a Nominative List of Their Patients Not Participating in the Organised Screening of Colorectal Cancer: Randomised Study Measuring the Impact on Participation

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