Family Colorectal Cancer Awareness and Risk Education Project (Family CARE Project)
(Family CARE Trial)

Recruiting in Palo Alto (17 mi)

+7 other locations

Overseen byAnita Y Kinney, Ph.D., R.N.

Age: 18+

Sex: Any

Travel: May Be Covered

Time Reimbursement: Varies

Trial Phase: Academic

Waitlist Available

Sponsor: University of Utah

No Placebo Group

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

The Family Colorectal Cancer Awareness and Risk Education Project (Family CARE Project) is designed to determine whether a personalized telephone plus mailed print cancer risk assessment and behavior change counseling intervention is more effective than a targeted mailed print intervention in promoting risk appropriate screening in individuals with a family history of the disease. The project targets people residing in both rural and urban areas, allowing an examination of differential intervention effects with regard to place of residence.

Research Team

Anita Y Kinney, Ph.D., R.N.

Principal Investigator

Huntsman Cancer Institute and University of Utah

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

If relative was diagnosed at age 40-49, participant cannot be more than ten years younger than relative at first diagnosis (e.g., dx at 48, participant must be 38-74 years old).

Colorectal cancer cases of relatives recruited through the cancer registries of California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, or Utah; Rocky Mountain Cancer Genetics Coalition sites of National Cancer Genetics Network in Colorado, New Mexico, or Utah; or Intermountain Health Care

Have at least one first-degree relative diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC) between the ages of 40-59, or one first-degree relative diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 40 or older and an additional first-degree or second-degree relative diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 40 or older.

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