Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Urban African American Communities Via Churches

Increasing CRC Screening in Urban African American Communities Via Churches

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01139242

Acronym

ACTS

Enrollment

955

Registered

2010-06-08

Start date

2008-02-29

Completion date

2010-05-31

Last updated

2024-02-26

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Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Keywords

CRC screening status, physical activity level, fruit and vegetable consumption, Early Detection of Cancer, Colorectal Cancer (CRC) screening status

Brief summary

This is an intervention study to increase colorectal cancer screening and physical activity in members of African-American churches who are 50 years old and older. The control arm receives the Body & Soul program, a program to increase fruit and vegetable intake. The investigators hypothesize that those receiving the intervention, which includes four tailored newsletters and peer counseling, will be more likely to be screened if not up-to-date, and more likely to increase physical activity if screening was up-to-date at baseline, than controls.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALBody & Soul nutritional intervention

Pastoral and peer counseling, and church activities/menus to promote increased fruit and vegetable consumption among church members.

BEHAVIORALExperimental: newsletters and peer counseling

Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to promote CRC screening in church members who are out-of-date with screening. Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to others to increase physical activity.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

50 Years to 99 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Members of African-American churches who are at least 50 years old.

Exclusion criteria

* Non-members of African-American churches; members who are under 50 years of age.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Higher incidence of CRC screening, if needed, among experimental participants.	One year	Among church members who were out-of-date for CRC screening at baseline, a higher percentage of experimental participants will have been screened at the time of follow-up.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026