Kids vs. cancer: can a text from your child save your life?
NCT ID NCT05936931
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study explores whether a younger adult (ages 25-44) can encourage an older family member (ages 45-75) in rural areas to get screened for colorectal cancer. Researchers will first survey 300 people, then run focus groups, and finally test the approach with 15 parent-child pairs. The goal is to see if this family-based method boosts screening rates.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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25 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: * Residents of counties in the Virginia/North Carolina CRC hotspot * 25-75 years old * Able to speak, write, and comprehend English * Younger adult participants in Aims 3 must have an older, screening age-eligible relative with whom they speak with regularly (i.e., ≥ once every two weeks) Exclusion Criteria: • Participants in Aims 1 or 2 will be ineligible for Aim 3
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, 23289, United States