Clinical trial NCT05793593: A Study of Using Social Networks to Encourage Three Peers to Complete Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Official title: FITx3 RCT: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Leveraging Social Networks to Encourage Three Peers to Complete Fecal Immunochemical Testing for Colorectal Cancer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Colon Cancer Screening
Keywords: Fecal Immunochemical Testing
Screening
23-078
Lead sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: CANCER PREVENTION FUND
First posted: 2023-03-31
Enrollment: 80
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 45
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief 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.


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: number of people beyond the index participants who complete FIT screening
timeFrame: within 8 months of the index participant's enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Basking Ridge
country: United States
facility: Memoiral Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)
state: New Jersey
city: Middletown
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)
state: New Jersey
city: Montvale
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)
state: New Jersey
city: Commack
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (All Protocol Activities)
state: New York
city: Harrison
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
state: New York
city: Rockville Centre
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
name: Francesca Gany, MD, MS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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