A feasibility study of patient navigation in bowel scope screening

Using specialist screening practitioners (SSPs) to increase uptake of the bowel scope screening programme: a feasibility study of patient navigation within South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN13314752

Enrollment

384

Registered

2015-07-01

Start date

2015-05-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-06-08

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Conditions

Topic: Gastroenterology

Interventions

Patient Navigation (PN), an intervention that offers individual support to patients to help them overcome their barriers to screening. In this study, PN will involve specialist screening practitioners

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. As part of the NHS Bowel Scope Screening Programme (BCSP), participants need to be 55 years (and up to 2 months) during the recruitment period, and live in the South of Tyne area served by the South Tyneside NHS Trust 2. Target Gender: Male & Female 3. Aged at least 55

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients invited will be identified as eligible for bowel scope screening by the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Uptake of Bowel Scope Screening; Timepoint(s): when the outcome data is extracted for the UCL team to analyse	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactChristian Von Wagner

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 12, 2026