AI-Powered navigation aims to boost colon cancer screening in 45-49 year olds
NCT ID NCT07230795
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study uses artificial intelligence to find people aged 45-49 who are at higher risk for colorectal cancer but have never been screened. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either standard care or extra help from a patient navigator who guides them through getting a stool test or colonoscopy. The goal is to see if this personalized outreach increases screening rates and catches cancer earlier.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- patient navigation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could increase colorectal cancer screening rates and catch more cancers early in younger adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention study, not a drug trial. The AI risk model may not be perfectly accurate, and screening uptake may not increase as hoped.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 7,120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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45 to 49 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 45-49 2. Not up to date with CRC screening within the recommended period of time (colonoscopy within 10 years, FIT within 1 year, Cologuard within 3 years, sigmoidoscopy within 3-5 years) 3. Have primary care providers in Penn Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Practices 4. Have at least 1 outpatient CBC in the past 12 months. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior history of CRC 2. Late-stage cancer of any organ (stage 4) 3. History of colectomy 4. Demonstrated high-risk of colorectal cancer (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes)
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19003, United States
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