Phone app boosts cancer screening rates in large trial
NCT ID NCT06821009
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a cloud-based digital program called mPATH-CRC that helps people aged 45-74 complete colorectal cancer screening. Participants use a link sent by text to access the program on their own phone, where they can learn about screening and request a test directly. The goal is to see if this approach increases screening rates in two different healthcare settings.
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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 6,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 74 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 45-74 years 2. Be identified in the electronic health record as due for routine CRC screening, defined as 1. No colonoscopy in prior 10 years 2. No flexible sigmoidoscopy in prior 5 years 3. No CT colography in prior 5 years 4. No FIT-DNA test (Cologuard) within prior 3 years 5. No Fecal Occult Blood Test within prior 1 year 3. Have a cell phone number listed in the EHR 4. Have a preferred language of English or Spanish in the EHR 5. Upcoming appointment within 9 to 16 days 6. Georgia Market Only: Insurance type is listed as Medicare Advantage. Exclusion Criteria 1. Prior diagnosis of colorectal cancer 2. Prior history of total colectomy 3. Currently enrolled in palliative care or Hospice 4. Age over 65 AND currently enrolled in an Institutional SNP (I-SNP) or living in Long Term Care 5. Age over 65 with frailty and advanced illness (as defined by the health system's My Panel metric which mirrors the HEDIS COL-E quality metric for CRC screening)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atrium Health Floyd
Rome, Georgia, 30161, United States
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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