Colorectal Cancer Screening for Cancer Survivors
Completed
Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer
In brief
The risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) is significant among cancer survivors treated with abdominal radiation therapy (RT). Further, CRC is once of the few cancers for which there is effective screening. Although some expert groups recommend early CRC screening for patients with prior abdominal RT, the effectiveness of early screening is unknown. It is also unknown if radiation-induced CRC passes through a "pre-clinical" phase in which precancerous polyps are detectable and treatable prior to becoming invasive cancers. This study will evaluate whether screening will detect pre-invasive colorectal polyps among survivors treated with RT.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00982059
- Run by
- University Health Network, Toronto
- People needed
- 140
- Starts
- 2008-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-01-24
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-01-31
Who can join
Age: 35 and older, up to 49. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Asymptomatic survivors treated with ≥ 25Gy to the abdomen, pelvis or spine, or ≥ 12Gy total body radiation therapy, or ≥ 12Gy whole abdominal RT.
- Patients who have passed ≥10 years following RT
- Patients whose current age is 35-49.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients with signs/symptoms suggestive of CRC or other high-risk features such as:
- Persistent constipation for >2 weeks in the last month
- One or more unexplained episodes of red blood in the stool in the last month
- One or more unexplained episodes of black stool in the last month
- Unexplained pelvic pain in the last month
- Patients with a history of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
- Patients already taking part in a colorectal screening program defined as any colorectal screening (colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, fecal occult blood test) within last 5 years.
- Patients with self-reported history of colorectal polyps.
Where it is running
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- University Health Network — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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