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Dialectal Features Varied for Colorectal Cancer

N/A
Recruiting
Led By Kevin Tang
Research Sponsored by University of Florida
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 6 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will explore whether people perceive a virtual health assistant to be more credible if it speaks with African American English linguistic features integrated at a low or high level, compared to Standardized American English linguistic features or text only.

Eligible Conditions
  • Colorectal Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Credibility score

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Interaction with a VHA with voiceExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
A virtual health assistant computer-generated doctor who will have a conversation with you.
Group II: Interaction with a VHA without voiceActive Control1 Intervention
A virtual health assistant that will consist of photos of the computer-generated doctor with text that will guide you through the interaction. No voice will accompany the photos or text.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Video Intervention
2019
N/A
~40

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS)NIH
99 Previous Clinical Trials
35,559 Total Patients Enrolled
University of FloridaLead Sponsor
1,340 Previous Clinical Trials
714,955 Total Patients Enrolled
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)NIH
321 Previous Clinical Trials
400,999 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many participants are currently signed up for this clinical experiment?

"Affirmative, according to the information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov this clinical trial is actively searching for volunteers. The original posting date was June 29th 2021 and it has undergone a recent update as of July 21st 2022. This study requires 750 participants from 1 medical site to be selected."

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Am I eligible to become involved with this experiment?

"This research aims to enroll 750 individuals aged between 45 and 75 who have colorectal cancer. The specified criteria for candidates are as follows: falling outside of the standard guidelines for colorectal screening, without a fecal immunochemical test within the last year, and no colonoscopy in the past decade."

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Does this research endeavor accept seniors as participants?

"According to the prerequisites for this clinical trial, only individuals aged 45-75 are suitable candidates. There are 38 studies available for younger patients and 1051 trials designed for senior citizens."

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Are there still opportunities to participate in this clinical trial?

"Yes, according to the info posted on clinicaltrials.gov, enrollment for this study is ongoing. With an initial post-date of June 29th 2021 and a most recent update from July 21st 2022, 750 individuals need to be recruited across one site."

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~200 spots leftby Apr 2025