Comparison of Barium Enema, Computed Tomographic Colonography, and Colonoscopy in Detecting Colon Cancer
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer
In brief
RATIONALE: Screening tests may help doctors detect cancer cells early and plan more effective treatment for cancer. New diagnostic procedures such as computed tomographic colonography may provide a less invasive method of identifying patients who have colon cancer. PURPOSE: Diagnostic and screening trial to compare the effectiveness of barium enema, computed tomographic colonography, and colonoscopy in detecting of colon cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00016029
- Run by
- Duke University
- People needed
- 775
- Starts
- 2000-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2005-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-03-22
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center — La Jolla, California, United States
- California Pacific Medical Center - Pacific Campus — San Francisco, California, United States
- California Pacific Medical Center - California Campus — San Francisco, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
- Indian River Radiology — Vero Beach, Florida, United States
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Troy Internal Medicine, P.C. — Troy, Michigan, United States
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School — New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham — Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas — Dallas, Texas, United States
- University of Texas Medical Branch — Galveston, Texas, United States
- Massey Cancer Center — Richmond, Virginia, United States
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