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Increasing Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Community

A Pilot Trial of a Community-Based Strategy to Improve Colorectal and Breast Cancer Screening

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
45 Years to 75 Years
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This small study tests whether a community program called Chi gung helps more people get breast and colon cancer screening tests. The program uses peer teachers and guidance based on each person's needs. It is for Chinese adults ages 45–75 who were born outside the U.S. and are overdue for both screenings.

The goal of the proposed study is to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Chi gung, a community-based intervention using peer education and tailored navigation to simultaneously improve colorectal (CRC) and breast cancer (BC) screening rates.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Are 45–75 years old.
  • Identify as Chinese and were born outside the U.S.
  • Speak Mandarin, Cantonese, or English.
  • Have not had a mammogram (breast X-ray) in the past 2 years.
  • Have not had a colonoscopy (a camera test of the whole colon) in the past 10 years.
  • Have not had a stool blood test in the past year or a stool DNA test in the past 3 years.
  • Have not had a flexible sigmoidoscopy (a camera test of the lower colon) in the past 5 years.
  • Have not had CT colonography (a CT scan of the colon) in the past 5 years.

Who can't join

  • Are expected to live 10 years or less, or have a health condition that makes breast or colon cancer screening not recommended.
  • Have ever had breast or colon or rectal cancer.
  • Have had surgery to remove the whole colon or a breast.
  • Cannot understand and give informed consent (agreement to join the study).

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 45-75 years old * Self-identify as Chinese and born outside of the U.S. * Speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, or English * Not up to date on BC screening (i.e., have not had a mammogram within the past two years) * Not up to date on CRC screening (i.e., have not had any of the following tests) * Colonoscopy within the past 10 years * Fecal immunochemical tests/fecal occult blood tests within the past year or multi-target stool DNA test within the past three years * Flexible sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years * CT colonography within the past 5 years Exclusion Criteria: * Life expectancy ≤ 10 years or other pre-existing conditions whereby CRC or BC screening would not be recommended * Personal history of BC or CRC * Prior history of a total colectomy or mastectomy * Lacks capacity to provide informed consent

Study sites (7)

NY