AANCART Research Project on Lay Health Workers and Asian Americans (AANCARTLHW)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01904890 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 22, 2013
Last Update Posted : December 30, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Colorectal Cancer | Behavioral: CRC Prevention and Screening Education Behavioral: Nutrition Education | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 994 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training (AANCART): The National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Health Disparities Research Project on Lay Health Workers and Asian Americans |
Study Start Date : | March 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | August 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: CRC Prevention and Screening Education
Intervention Lay Health Workers (LHWs) will be taught to teach their participants about CRC screening through 2 outreach sessions and 2 telephone calls aimed at increasing their CRC screening receipt.
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Behavioral: CRC Prevention and Screening Education
Refer to Arm Description |
Active Comparator: Nutrition Education
LHWs and participants in the comparison group will receive a bilingual CRC brochure as well as 2 lectures on healthy nutrition for cardiovascular health delivered by a health educator and an optional post- intervention LHW outreach session on CRC screening.
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Behavioral: Nutrition Education
Refer to Arm Description |
- Receipt of CRC Screening [ Time Frame: Baseline to 6 months ]self-report of ever had fecal occult blood test (FOBT), sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy
- Up-to-date CRC screening receipt [ Time Frame: Baseline to 6 months ]self-report of FOBT within 12 months, sigmoidoscopy within 5 years, or colonoscopy within 10 years
- CRC screening Intention [ Time Frame: Baseline to 6 months ]self-report of intending to obtain CRC screening in 6 months

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 50 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- self-identified as Filipino, Hmong, or Korean Americans
- age 50 to 75
- speak a language that the lay health worker (LHW) can speak such as Tagalog, Ilocano, Hmong, Korean, or English
- live in relevant area and intend to stay there for at least 12 months
- are willing to participate in a study about health behaviors involving nutrition or CRC screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
- personal history of CRC
- medical problems which may prevent them from attending 2 educational sessions

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01904890
United States, California | |
University of California Los Angeles | |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095 | |
University of California Davis | |
Sacramento, California, United States, 95817 | |
United States, Hawaii | |
University of Hawai'i at Manoa | |
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96822 |
Principal Investigator: | Tung Nguyen, MD | University of California, San Francisco |
Responsible Party: | University of California, San Francisco |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01904890 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
U54CA153499 Sub7323 U54CA153499 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | July 22, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 30, 2015 |
Last Verified: | December 2015 |
Asian Americans colorectal cancer screening cancer prevention Filipinos Americans |
Hmong Americans Korean Americans Randomized Controlled Trials |
Colorectal Neoplasms Intestinal Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |
Digestive System Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Colonic Diseases Intestinal Diseases Rectal Diseases |