Preventive Care
Conditions
Brief summary
The study is a pre-post two round, randomized controlled study design of PCPs randomly assigned to a control or 1 of 2 intervention arms.
Interventions
OTHEREducational materials on a new diagnostic service
Educational materials on a new diagnostic service
Sponsors
Applied Proteomics Inc
Qure Healthcare, LLC
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE (Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 1\. Provide consent to participate in the study 2. Board-certified physician currently practicing in the following areas: 3. Internal medicine 4. Family medicine 5. Have practiced as a board-certified physician in internal or family medicine for greater than 2 but less than 30 years. 6. English-speaking 7. Community / non-academic based practice setting 8. ≥ 40 patients under care weekly 9. Access to the internet
Exclusion criteria
* 1\. Not board certified in their respective area of care 2. Academic-based practice 3. Have practiced as a board-certified physician for less than 2 or greater than 30 years 4. Follow \<40 patients weekly 5. Non-English speaking 6. Unable to access the internet
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of Care | 8 weeks | Difference in difference of combined diagnostic and treatment CPV domain scores, including colonoscopy referral rates, in post-intervention versus baseline comparing intervention and control groups among the three patient types. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention Impact on Care | 8 weeks | Difference in difference between the control and intervention groups in the overall quality of care for CRC screening and for adult primary prevention care measured by the combined and individual item CPV scores for the three patient types. |
| Healthcare Utilization | 8 weeks | Difference in health care utilization and/or costs in patients tested with SimpliPro Colon™ versus the control group. |
| Diagnostic Method Comparison | 8 weeks | Difference in recommendation of CRC evaluation with colonoscopy and/or flexible sigmoidoscopy, double barium enema, or CT colonography, including risk-level and urgency pre- and post-intervention, between intervention and control groups |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed