Can a 'Participatory' approach get more people screened for colon cancer?
NCT ID NCT06682650
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a method called NPT-PLA to help 20 primary care clinics better use a decision-making tool that encourages colorectal cancer screening. About 2,200 patients and staff will take part. The goal is to see if this approach leads to more screening orders and completions compared to usual quality improvement efforts.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Participatory Learning in Action (PLA) combined with Normalization Process Theory (NPT)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show how to effectively implement a colorectal cancer screening tool in real-world clinics, potentially increasing screening rates.
- What could go wrong
- This is an implementation study, not a test of a new treatment. It focuses on process and may not directly improve health outcomes. Results may vary across clinics.
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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 2,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2029
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 75 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Clinics participating in the DARTNet Institute /AAFP-affiliated NRN clinic serving communities in which at least 25% of the population prefers Spanish-language. Clinic implementation teams Patients participating in implementation teams for whom Spanish is their preferred language, who are bilingual in English and Spanish, Clinics Staff will be included who have any contact regarding CRC screening with patients eligible for screening. Patients whose CRC screening outcomes will be monitored: adults 45 to 75 years of age who are due for CRC screening, i.e. who have not received a high-sensitivity fecal occult blood test or a fecal immunochemical test within the past year, fecal DNA testing within 3 years, sigmoidoscopy or barium enema within 5 years, or colonoscopy within 10 years; and who receive primary care at least annually from the site. Exclusion Criteria: * patients ineligible for routine screening based on a personal or close family history of colorectal cancer or who have increased genetic risk of colon cancer. * cognitive or decisional incapacity will be excluded from the implementation teams, after completion of a brief, validate screening tool, the Mini-Cog Exam.
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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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DARTNet Institute
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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