A randomized controlled trial testing provision of fecal and blood test options on participation for colorectal cancer screening
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2019
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Symonds, E.L.
Hughes, D.
Flight, I.
Woodman, R.
Chen, G.
Ratcliffe, J.
Pedersen, S.K.
Fraser, R.J.L.
Young, G.P.
Wilson, C.J.
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Cancer Prevention Research, 2019; 12(9):631-639
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Erin L. Symonds, Donna Hughes, Ingrid Flight, Richard Woodman, Gang Chen, Julie Ratcliffe ... et al.
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Suboptimal participation is commonly observed in colorectal cancer screening programs utilizing fecal tests. This randomized controlled trial tested whether the offer of a blood test as either a "rescue" strategy for fecal test nonparticipants or an upfront choice, could improve participation. A total of 1,800 people (50-74 years) were randomized to control, rescue, or choice groups (n = 600/group). All were mailed a fecal immunochemical test (FIT, OC-Sensor, Eiken Chemical Company) and a survey assessing awareness of the screening tests. The rescue group was offered a blood test 12 weeks after FIT nonparticipation. The choice group was given the opportunity to choose to do a blood test (Colvera, Clinical Genomics) instead of FIT at baseline. Participation with any test after 24 weeks was not significantly different between groups (control, 37.8%; rescue, 36.9%; choice, 33.8%; P > 0.05). When the rescue strategy was offered after 12 weeks, an additional 6.5% participated with the blood test, which was greater than the blood test participation when offered as an upfront choice (1.5%; P < 0.001). Awareness of the tests was greater for FIT than for blood (96.2% vs. 23.1%; P < 0.0001). In a population familiar with FIT screening, provision of a blood test either as a rescue of FIT nonparticipants or as an upfront choice did not increase overall participation. This might reflect a lack of awareness of the blood test for screening compared with FIT.
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© 2019, American Association for Cancer Research