Recruiting

Telehealth Solutions

Sponsor:

University of Arizona

Code:

NCT06542835

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 45 - 64

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Video text message

In-clinic CRC screening promotion

Mailed FIT

Social needs navigation

Reminders

Study Details

Brief summary:

Non-randomized, two-arm stepped-wedge trial of a multi-level colorectal cancer screening intervention.

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Study ID

NCT06542835

Start date

Jul 31, 2024

Status verified date

Mar, 2026

Completion date

Jan, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 45 - 64

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Ages 45-64
  • Eligible for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening
  • Current patients (seen in the clinic in the last 6 months)
  • Primary speaker of English or Spanish
  • Cell phone listed in Electronic Health Record (EHR)
  • No recent history of CRC screening
  • Resides in one of the neighborhoods included in the main trial

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Colorectal disease (e.g., ulcerative colitis or colectomy)
  • Personal history of colorectal cancer
  • End-stage or life-threatening diseases
  • Known to be under hospice care
  • Living in a skilled nursing facility
  • Patients who decline research participation will be removed from the patient contact list

Study Design

Enrollment

6000 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Sequential

Primary purpose

Screening

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Video text message, mailed FIT, and social needs navigation

Tailored video text message, mailed FIT, and navigation to address patients' social needs.

active comparator: Usual care

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening offers during in-person clinic visits.

Interventions

Video text message

Video text messages tailored to the Latinx population to educate and motivate patients to complete CRC screening.

In-clinic CRC screening promotion

Stool-test orders, colonoscopy referrals.

Mailed FIT

Mailed FIT kits.

Social needs navigation

Patient navigation to address social needs.

Reminders

Centralized text and/or telephone reminders for ordered tests.

Primary outcome measure

  • CRC Screening Completion at the Individual Level [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Gloria Coronado, PhD

5039147100gdcoronado@arizona.edu

Katherine Mendoza, MPH

8477672847katherinemendoza@arizona.edu

Locations

AltaMed Health Services Corporation

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90040

Contacts

Anne Escaron, PhD

323-695-3601aescaron@AltaMed.org

More Information

Sponsor

University of Arizona

Last update posted

Mar 30, 2026

Last verified

Mar, 2026

Keywords

  • cancer screening
  • telehealth
  • video
  • text messaging
  • patient navigation
  • stool testing
  • fecal testing
  • Latinx health disparities

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Arizona on 2026-03-30.