ACTS: Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Urban African American Communities Via Churches

Sponsor

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT01139242

Collaborator

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. Fed)

955

Enrollment

Arms

26.9

Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This is an intervention study to increase colorectal cancer screening and physical activity in members of African-American churches who are 50 years old and older. The control arm receives the Body & Soul program, a program to increase fruit and vegetable intake. The investigators hypothesize that those receiving the intervention, which includes four tailored newsletters and peer counseling, will be more likely to be screened if not up-to-date, and more likely to increase physical activity if screening was up-to-date at baseline, than controls.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Colorectal Cancer	Behavioral: Body & Soul nutritional intervention Behavioral: Experimental: newsletters and peer counseling	Early Phase 1

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

955 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

Increasing CRC Screening in Urban African American Communities Via Churches

Study Start Date :

Feb 1, 2008

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Aug 1, 2009

Actual Study Completion Date :

May 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Other: Body & Soul nutritional intervention This is a standardized intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among church members through pastoral and peer counseling and church activities/menus.	Behavioral: Body & Soul nutritional intervention Pastoral and peer counseling, and church activities/menus to promote increased fruit and vegetable consumption among church members.
Experimental: Newsletters/peer counseling Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to promote CRC screening among church members out-of-date according to screening guidelines. For those up-to-date, promotion is of increased physical activity.	Behavioral: Experimental: newsletters and peer counseling Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to promote CRC screening in church members who are out-of-date with screening. Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to others to increase physical activity.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Other: Body & Soul nutritional intervention

This is a standardized intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among church members through pastoral and peer counseling and church activities/menus.

Behavioral: Body & Soul nutritional intervention

Pastoral and peer counseling, and church activities/menus to promote increased fruit and vegetable consumption among church members.

Experimental: Newsletters/peer counseling

Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to promote CRC screening among church members out-of-date according to screening guidelines. For those up-to-date, promotion is of increased physical activity.

Behavioral: Experimental: newsletters and peer counseling

Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to promote CRC screening in church members who are out-of-date with screening. Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to others to increase physical activity.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Higher incidence of CRC screening, if needed, among experimental participants. [One year]
Among church members who were out-of-date for CRC screening at baseline, a higher percentage of experimental participants will have been screened at the time of follow-up.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

50 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Members of African-American churches who are at least 50 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

Non-members of African-American churches; members who are under 50 years of age.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Marci K Campbell, PhD, UNC - Chapel Hill

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

, ,

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01139242

Other Study ID Numbers:

05-1271
U48DP000059-02S1

First Posted:

Jun 8, 2010

Last Update Posted:

Jun 8, 2010

Last Verified:

Jun 1, 2010

Keywords provided by , ,

CRC screening status

physical activity level

fruit and vegetable consumption

Early Detection of Cancer

Colorectal Cancer (CRC) screening status

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Colorectal Neoplasms

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 8, 2010