Using Patient Navigation to Promote Bowel Screening in AAA Attendees. (TET BETA)
Testing the Efficacy, Feasibility, Acceptability and Cost-effectiveness of Patient Navigation to Promote Bowel Cancer Screening Participation Among Non-responders Attending Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening: A Multi-centre Pilot Study.
The goal of this single-arm, multi-centre feasibility study is to assess the efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of implementing patient navigation across Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening services in England to increase uptake of bowel cancer screening. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Do service users complete a bowel cancer screening within three months of receiving patient navigation?
- Do service deliverers consider patient navigation as feasible to implement in practice?
- Do service users consider patient navigation acceptable to receive during their AAA appointment? Participants will be asked to discuss bowel screening with AAA practitioners (patient navigation). Follow-up surveys and interviews will be conducted with those that delivered the intervention and with those that received it.
Studie Overzicht
Toestand
Conditie
Interventie / Behandeling
Gedetailleerde beschrijving
Bowel cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in England. Biennial Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) screening can reduce bowel cancer-related deaths by detecting cases before symptoms develop. However, uptake remains suboptimal, particularly among men. Evidence from a single-centre study in Scotland suggests that a brief intervention, akin to patient navigation, delivered to men attending routine abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening appointments, can facilitate participation.
The overarching aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, feasibility, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of implementing patient navigation intervention across AAA screening services in England.
This study will be a single-arm, multi-centre feasibility study that will be conducted across five AAA screening centres in England, i.e. Leicester, Birmingham and Black Country, London, West Yorkshire, and Somerset and North Devon. Over a three-month period (August-November 2026), AAA screening practitioners will deliver patient navigation to a sample of approximately 4190 men, aged 65+ years, who attend AAA screening and self-report as bowel screening non-responders.
The primary outcome of the study is completion of a FIT kit within three months of the AAA appointment. Secondary outcomes include the feasibility, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of the intervention.
The study comprises three Work Packages:
Work Package 1 will be the single-arm, multi-centre feasibility study. The outcome will be the completion of a bowel cancer screening kit, providing preliminary evidence of efficacy.
Work Package 2 will evaluate feasibility from the service provider perspective, using surveys (Workstream 2a) and interviews (Workstream 2b) with AAA service providers.
Work Package 3 will assess acceptability from the service user perspective, using surveys (Workstream 3a) and interviews (Workstream 3b) with those who received the intervention during the study period.
The findings will be used to inform an implementation toolkit as part of a national strategy to improve the uptake of bowel screening.
Studietype
Inschrijving (Geschat)
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Contacten en locaties
Studiecontact
- Naam: Elizabeth Bailey
- Telefoonnummer: +441483 300800
- E-mail: assurance@surrey.ac.uk
Studie Locaties
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Leicester, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Deelname Criteria
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
- Oudere volwassene
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Beschrijving
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men aged 65 years and above
- Attending an AAA screening appointment
- Have not completed their most recent bowel screening
- Agree to discuss bowel screening further
Exclusion Criteria:
- Men aged <65years
- Those who do not attend their AAA screening appointment
- Have completed their most recent bowel screening
- Do not agree to discuss bowel screening further
- Those who received a positive AAA result in their appointment.
Studie plan
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Screening
- Toewijzing: NVT
- Interventioneel model: Opdracht voor een enkele groep
- Masker: Geen (open label)
Wapens en interventies
Deelnemersgroep / Arm |
Interventie / Behandeling |
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Ander: Patient Navigation
Eligibility: Men who have a negative AAA result, indicate that they have not completed their most recent bowel screening and are happy to discuss this further. Intervention: A 2 minute Patient Navigation intervention (discussion regarding barriers to completing bowel cancer screening) |
Brief 1.5-2 minute conversation to discuss barriers and solutions to why have not completed most recent bowel screening.
Offer of third party request or information to contact screening service.
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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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Number of FIT test completed
Tijdsspanne: Completion within 3 months of patient navigation intervention
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Completion of FIT test
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Completion within 3 months of patient navigation intervention
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Secundaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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Feasibility of delivering patient navigation (survey)
Tijdsspanne: 0-5 months post patient navigation delivery
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Survey with those who delivered patient navigation.
Survey contains 7 items: 2 demographic questions, 2 items on a 3-point Likert scale (with option to provide further detail in open text), 2 open text responses, and one dichotomous item (Yes/No).
The Likert scales are scored where 1 is low and 3 is high.
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0-5 months post patient navigation delivery
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Feasibility of delivering patient navigation (Interviews)
Tijdsspanne: 0-5 months post patient navigation delivery
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Semi-structured interviews with those who delivered patient navigation
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0-5 months post patient navigation delivery
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Acceptability of receiving patient navigation (Survey)
Tijdsspanne: 0-5 months post patient navigation
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Survey with service users who received patient navigation.
Survey contains 12 items: 4 demographic questions, 5 items on a 5-point Likert scale, and 3 open text responses.
The Likert scales are scored where 1 is high and 5 is low.
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0-5 months post patient navigation
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Acceptability of receiving patient navigation (Interviews)
Tijdsspanne: 0-5 months post patient navigation
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Semi-structured interviews with service users who received patient navigation
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0-5 months post patient navigation
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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
Sponsor
Onderzoekers
- Hoofdonderzoeker: Robert Kerrison, PhD, University of Surrey
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Andere studie-ID-nummers
- SPON 2026-06
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