A blended knowledge translation initiative to improve colorectal cancer staging
ISRCTN | ISRCTN56824239 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN56824239 |
Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 13/09/2005
- Registration date
- 28/09/2005
- Last edited
- 17/12/2008
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Cancer
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr Andy Smith
Scientific
Scientific
Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre
TSRCC
2075 Bayview Ave.
Room T2-057
Toronto
M4N 3M5
Canada
Phone | +1 416 480 4027 |
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andy.smith@sw.ca |
Study information
Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | Hospital |
Study type | Quality of life |
Scientific title | |
Study objectives | We hypothesise that practice change can be induced among surgeons and pathologists using an adapted social marketing model that utilised the influence of both expert and local opinion leaders (OLs) for colorectal cancer (CRC) in a large geographic area with diverse practice settings. |
Ethics approval(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Colorectal cancer |
Intervention | There are three arms in the trial: Arm 1: Presentations only Arm 2: Presentations plus opinion leader activation (posters, pocket cards, etc.). There are opinion leaders in all sites visited however, only 42 had opinion leader activation. Arm 3: The third arm had no opinion leaders identified and no presentations |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | Change in practice patterns in that an appropriate number of lymph nodes is retrieved and assessed in order to refer patients appropriately for further treatment |
Secondary outcome measures | No secondary outcome measures |
Overall study start date | 01/04/2002 |
Completion date | 01/04/2006 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Adult |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | Surgeons (n = 794) and pathologists (n = 449) |
Key inclusion criteria | Surgeons and pathologists involved in the care of colorectal cancer that are practising in the province of Ontario, Canada. |
Key exclusion criteria | Retired or semi-retired surgeons and pathologists or physicians who do not care for colorectal cancer patients |
Date of first enrolment | 01/04/2002 |
Date of final enrolment | 01/04/2006 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Canada
Study participating centre
Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre
Toronto
M4N 3M5
Canada
M4N 3M5
Canada
Sponsor information
Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre (Canada)
University/education
University/education
TSRCC
2075 Bayview Ave.
Room T2-057
Toronto
M4N 3M5
Canada
linda.last@sw.ca | |
https://ror.org/03wefcv03 |
Funders
Funder type
Charity
The Change Foundation (Canada) (ref: 02064)
No information available
Ontario Cancer Research Network (Canada) (ref: 02-NOV-0236)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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Results article | results: | 16/01/2006 | Yes | No | |
Results article | results: | 01/11/2008 | Yes | No |