NCT07091032Recruiting
Building Connections
Building Connections Between Practices, Patients, and Community Health
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Nov 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Building Connections seeks to address health and healthcare inequities in socially vulnerable communities. The project will be conducted in collaboration with clinical practices across Massachusetts, serving a diverse population heavily represented in Community Clinics and Health Centers. The program will offer evidence-based interventions in obesity/weight management, cancer screening, and mental health.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 3600 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 15 Jul 2025
- Start date
- 7 Aug 2025
- Primary completion date
- 30 Dec 2029
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Obesity, Cervical cancer, Colorectal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07091032
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 3600
- From 7 Aug 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Dec 2029
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- The general exclusion criteria are: those with current pregnancy, or the participant is cognitively impaired, not having a visit to the primary care clinic in the prior 2 years, and speaking a language other than English or Spanish.
- Cervical cancer exclusion criteria: has cervical cancer documented in the problem list; has had a prior hysterectomy.
Other illness
- Colon Cancer (CRC) exclusion criteria: has colorectal cancer documented in the problem list; has ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease documented in the problem list
Who the study is looking for
- The general inclusion criteria involve being 18+, speaking English or Spanish, and meeting one or more of the following criteria:
- Obesity: Patients with a body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or greater (i.e., obese category).
- Cancer screening: Average-risk patients without recommended colorectal or cervical cancer screenings for their age group and biological sex. Specifically:
- Colon Cancer (CRC) inclusion criteria: Patients aged 45-75 who are due for screenings, with last FIT longer than 1 year ago, last colonoscopy longer than 10 years ago, and last Cologuard longer than 3 years ago.
- And/or
- Cervical cancer inclusion criteria: Women and patients with a cervix aged 30-65 who are due for screening: with last pap longer than 3 years ago; last co-test longer than 5 years ago; last primary HPV screening longer than 5 years ago.
- Mental health: Patients with moderate to severe depression or anxiety symptoms.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
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