Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Code:

NCT06757192

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 45 - 54

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this observational study is to understand the barriers and facilitators to completing colorectal cancer screening from the patient and community health center staff perspective. The main question it aims to answer is to identify system-level determinants of colorectal cancer screening in individuals aged 45 to 54. Participants will be asked to partake in one-time interviews either online or in-person and community health center staff will also be asked to take an online survey.

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Study ID

NCT06757192

Start date

Jun 16, 2025

Status verified date

Nov, 2025

Completion date

Aug 31, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 31, 2029

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 45 - 54

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

PATIENTS

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals aged 45-54
  • Individuals who are patients at the health center
  • Individuals that are willing and able to give verbal/written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals with a personal history of CRC
  • Individuals with a family history of CRC
  • Individuals with a history of inflammatory bowel disease or high-risk cancer syndrome

STAFF

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals ages 18+
  • Individuals working at the health center
  • Individuals that are involved in CRC screening processes at CSHC
  • Individuals that are willing and able to give verbal/written consent

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Patients and staff from one community health center named Codman Square Health Center.

This project builds on an existing partnership with Codman Square Health Center (CSHC). CSCHC is located in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston which has among the highest mortality rates from colorectal cancer in the city. Codman Square Health Center serves a patient population that is 86% Black and 87% income at or below the federal poverty limit, thus requiring an equity-driven approach. Patients recruited will be aged 45-54 and staff will be over aged 18 who work at CSHC and that are involved in CRC screening. There will be no clinical intervention as this is an implementation study to identify system-level determinants of colorectal cancer screening.

Primary outcome measure

  • Measurement of acceptability and feasibility of implementation strategies [ Time Frame: From planning to testing and evaluation and assessment of outcomes will be a total of 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, MD, MPH

(617) 726-6609aanyane-yeboa@mgh.harvard.edu

Locations

Codman Square Health Center

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02124

Contacts

Stephen Tringale Dr. Tringale, MD, MA, FAAFP

617-822-8260Stephen.Tringale@codman.org

More Information

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Last update posted

Nov 13, 2025

Last verified

Nov, 2025

Keywords

  • colorectal cancer screening

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Massachusetts General Hospital on 2025-11-13.