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A Study of Using Social Networks to Encourage Three Peers to Complete Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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.
Official title: FITx3 RCT: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Leveraging Social Networks to Encourage Three Peers to Complete Fecal Immunochemical Testing for Colorectal Cancer
Key Details
Gender
MALE
Age Range
45 Years - 75 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2023-03-17
Completion Date
2027-03
Last Updated
2026-04-07
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
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 (7)
Memoiral Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 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 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 Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)
Rockville Centre, New York, United States