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Using text message reminders and culturally-tailored telephone calls to promote participation in bowel cancer screening (TOPPS)

Exploring the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of text-message reminders and telephone patient navigation to improve the uptake of faecal immunochemical test screening among non-responders in London: a randomised controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN17245519
Enrollment
2703
Registered
2023-02-20
Start date
2025-06-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Bowel cancer screening Cancer

Interventions

Participants will be randomised using computerised, pseudo-random, number allocation (performed using the 'RAND' function within Excel). Individuals will be randomised in equal proportions (1:1:1) to

Sponsors

University College London
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Men and women aged 60-74 years 2. Have not returned a bowel cancer screening kit within 13 weeks of delivery 3. Registered with a participating general practice located within the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Lambeth, Lewisham, Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusions will be made according to ‘Type-2 objector’ status, which is defined as: “a request, expressed by a registered patient, logged with a GP Practice, to indicate that personal identifiable information relating to them should not be disseminated or published by NHS Digital.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Participation in screening, defined as returning a completed FIT kit, within 24 weeks of dispatch

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The proportion of participants who receive a positive bowel cancer screening test kit result, within 26 weeks of being sent their test kit

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026