Use of Text Messaging Reminders to Increase FIT Completion Among Patients at the NYU FHCs

Description

The research team will compare the efficacy of targeted text message reminders against currently used phone call reminders at increasing patient completion of fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for colon cancer screening.

Conditions

Colon Cancer

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The research team will compare the efficacy of targeted text message reminders against currently used phone call reminders at increasing patient completion of fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for colon cancer screening.

Use of Text Messaging Reminders to Increase FIT Completion Among Patients at the New York University (NYU) Family Health Centers (FHCs)

Use of Text Messaging Reminders to Increase FIT Completion Among Patients at the NYU FHCs

Condition
Colon Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New York

NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States, 10016

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult patients (ages 45-75) eligible for FIT at a Family Health Center clinic (excluding Flatbush locations).
  • * See inclusion criteria.

Ages Eligible for Study

45 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

NYU Langone Health,

Leora Horwitz, MD, MHS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, NYU Langone Health

Study Record Dates

2025-06-16