COLO-DETECT: Can an Artificial Intelligence Device Increase Detection of Polyps During Colonoscopy?
- Conditions
- Colorectal AdenomaSessile Serrated AdenomaColorectal PolypColonic PolypColorectal Adenomatous PolypColorectal SSASessile Colonic Polyp
- Interventions
- Device: GI Genius-assisted diagnostic colonoscopyDiagnostic Test: Diagnostic Colonoscopy
- Registration Number
- NCT04723758
- Lead Sponsor
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- Brief Summary
COLO-DETECT is a clinical trial to evaluate whether an Artificial Intelligence device ("GI Genius", manufactured by Medtronic) can identify more polyps (pre-cancerous growths of the bowel lining) during colonoscopy (large bowel camera test) than during colonoscopy without it.
- Detailed Description
Colorectal cancer is common, affecting 1 in 15 men and 1 in 18 women in the UK in their lifetime. Many colorectal cancers develop from polyps via the adenoma-carcinoma sequence: there is a pre-cancerous stage (adenoma) during which it is possible to remove the polyp and therefore prevent it from progressing to colorectal cancer. The gold standard tool for doing this is colonoscopy. However, colonoscopy does not pick up all polyps, particularly flat polyps.
Missed polyps can result in colorectal cancer, so it is imperative to detect and remove as many polyps as possible. Many different interventions have been introduced to improve polyp detection, the most recent of which is artificial intelligence devices. GI Genius is an artificial intelligence device which integrates with existing colonoscopy equipment and analyses the video feed from the colonoscope camera in real time. Any areas that may represent an abnormality are then highlighted (without any lag) within a green box, alerting the colonoscopist to its presence. The potential abnormality can then be assessed more closely by the colonoscopist to decide whether it needs to be removed or not.
COLO-DETECT is a 2-arm, prospective, randomised controlled trial to assess whether GI Genius is able to detect more polyps (specifically, adenomas) during colonoscopy than standard colonoscopy without GI Genius. The primary outcome will be the mean number of adenomas per procedure (MAP) and the key secondary outcome will be the proportion of colonoscopies in which one or more adenomas is detected (Adenoma Detection Rate - ADR). These are both important quality markers for colonoscopy; the study will be powered to detect a clinically meaningful difference in ADR, which will by default detect a meaningful difference in MAP as the sample size required for ADR is larger.
In addition to measuring the effect of GI Genius on polyp detection, COLO-DETECT will provide a health economics analysis concerning the use of GI Genius, perform long-term passive follow-up to examine for future outcomes related to colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer, and perform additional nested studies (subject to ethical approval) that examine the effect upon users (for example through a visual scanning study) and their experience of using the GI Genius.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2032
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Able to give informed consent
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Patients attending for colonoscopy
- Through standard National Health Service (NHS) care (most commonly due to iron deficiency anaemia, altered bowel habit, weight loss, rectal bleeding, positive FIT (faecal immunohistochemical test) based on symptoms, those referred on basis of family history, abnormal cross- sectional imaging, polyp surveillance or post CRC surveillance)
- Through Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (FIT positive, surveillance)
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Colonoscopy to be performed by colonoscopist trained to perform GGC as part of the study
- Absolute contraindications to colonoscopy
- Patients lacking capacity to give informed consent
- Confirmed or expected pregnancy
- Established or suspected large bowel obstruction or pseudo-obstruction
- Known presence of colorectal cancer or polyposis syndromes
- Known colonic strictures (meaning that the colonoscopy maybe incomplete)
- Known active colitis (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis, diverticulitis, infective colitis)
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) surveillance procedures
- Patients who are on clopidogrel, warfarin, or other antiplatelet agents or anticoagulants who have not stopped this for the procedure (as polyps cannot be removed and thus histology cannot be confirmed)
- Patients who are attending for a planned therapeutic procedure or assessment of a known lesion
- Patients referred with polyps identified on Bowel Scope procedure
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description GI Genius-assisted colonoscopy (GGC) GI Genius-assisted diagnostic colonoscopy In the GGC arm, participants will undergo colonoscopy as per standard care for the unit where they are having their procedure, except that at some point prior to commencing withdrawal of the colonoscope, a member of the endoscopy staff will turn on the GI Genius machine. This will remain operational from the time it is switched on until the end of the procedure. Standard Colonoscopy (SC) Diagnostic Colonoscopy In the SC arm, participants will undergo colonoscopy as per standard care for the unit where they are having their procedure.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of adenomas per participant detected at colonoscopy as indicated by the Mean Number of Adenomas per Procedure (MAP) The number of adenomas detected in each procedure will be counted at 14 days post-procedure The number of adenomas identified during each colonoscopy will be summed and divided by the total number of colonoscopies performed. MAP is usually expressed as a number to one decimal place (e.g. 1.2).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of polyps per participant detected at colonoscopy in the 'symptomatic' participant population,as indicated by the Mean number of Polyps per Procedure (MPP) Total number of polyps detected at colonoscopy will be determined at the end of the procedure The total number of polyps detected during colonoscopy for each participant within the 'symptomatic' participant population will be summed, and divided by the total number of colonoscopies in that participant population, to calculate MPP. MPP is usually expressed as a number to one decimal place.
Number of polyps per participant detected at colonoscopy in the 'screening' participant population, as indicated by the Mean number of Polyps per Procedure (MPP) Total number of polyps detected at colonoscopy will be determined at the end of the procedure The total number of polyps detected during colonoscopy for each participant within the 'screening' participant population. will be summed, and divided by the total number of colonoscopies in that participant population, to calculate MPP. MPP is usually expressed as a number to one decimal place.
Number of adenomas per participant detected at colonoscopy in the 'screening' participant population, as indicated by MAP for that participant population. The number of adenomas detected will be counted at 14 days post-procedure The number of adenomas identified during each colonoscopy within the 'screening' participant population will be summed and divided by the total number of colonoscopies in that participant population. The MAP for the 'screening' participant population within each study arm will be compared
Number of adenomas per participant detected at colonoscopy in the 'symptomatic' participant population, as indicated by MAP for that participant population The number of adenomas detected will be counted at 14 days post-procedure The number of adenomas identified during each colonoscopy within the 'symptomatic' participant population will be summed and divided by the total number of colonoscopies in that participant population to calculate MAP. The MAP for the 'symptomatic' participant population within each study arm will be compared
Number of polyps per participant detected at colonoscopy, as indicated by the Mean number of Polyps per Procedure (MPP) Total number of polyps detected at colonoscopy will be determined at the end of the procedure The total number of polyps detected during each colonoscopy will be summed, and divided by the total number of colonoscopies, to calculate MPP. MPP is usually expressed as a number to one decimal place.
Proportion of participants in whom at least one adenoma is detected at colonoscopy, as indicated by the Adenoma Detection Rate (ADR) The presence or absence of any adenomas will be determined at 14 days post-procedure Whether or not at least one adenoma is detected at colonoscopy will be determined for each participant. The number of colonoscopies where one or more adenomas is identified will be divided by the total number of colonoscopies to give the ADR. ADR is usually expressed as a percentage.
Proportion of participants in the 'screening' participant population in whom at least one adenoma is detected at colonoscopy, as indicated by ADR for that participant population The presence or absence of any adenomas will be determined at 14 days post-procedure Whether or not at least one adenoma is detected at colonoscopy will be determined for each participant within the 'screening' participant population. The number of colonoscopies where one or more adenomas is identified will be divided by the total number of colonoscopies in that participant population to calculate ADR. The ADR for the 'screening' participant population within each study arm will be compared
Proportion of participants in the 'symptomatic' participant population in whom at least one adenoma is detected at colonoscopy, as indicated by ADR for that participant population The presence or absence of any adenomas will be determined at 14 days post-procedure Whether or not at least one adenoma is detected at colonoscopy will be determined for each participant within the 'symptomatic' participant population. The number of colonoscopies where one or more adenomas is identified will be divided by the total number of colonoscopies in that participant population to calculate ADR. The ADR for the 'symptomatic' participant population within each study arm will be compared
Advanced Adenoma (AA) detection rate AA Detection Rate will be calculated at the time of study completion, expected to be 18 months The number of AAs detected in each study arm divided by the total number of colonoscopies in each arm. This will also be analysed for both the screening and symptomatic participant populations in each study arm.
Insertion time to caecum Measured during colonoscopy within the study. Insertion time to caecum (time taken to reach the furthest point of the large bowel) will be compared between the study arms to assess for non-inferiority
Colonoscopist-assessed patient comfort score Measured during colonoscopy within the study. Colonoscopist-assessed patient comfort scores will be compared between the study arms to assess for non-inferiority
Patient-Reported Experience Assessed one day after the procedure A validated Patient-Reported Experience Measure (Newcastle ENDOPREM) will be used to compare patient experience of colonoscopy between study arms
Change in number of adenomas detected per participant, for each participating colonoscopist, from pre-study to intra-study (SC arm only) At the time of 14-day review MAP may vary from baseline, even in the control arm due to a contamination or learning effect; comparing baseline values to those during the study assesses for this effect.
Proportion of participants in whom at least one polyp is detected at colonoscopy, as indicated by Polyp Detection Rate (PDR) The presence or absence of at least one polyp will be determined at the end of the procedure Whether or not at least one polyp is detected at colonoscopy will be determined for each participant. The number of colonoscopies where one or more polyps is detected will be divided by the total number of colonoscopies in that participant population to calculate PDR, which is normally expressed as a percentage.
Sessile Serrated Polyp (SSP) detection rate SSP Detection Rate will be calculated at the time of study completion, expected to be 18 months The number of colonoscopies in each study arm in which one or more SSPs is identified, divided by the total number of colonoscopies in each arm. This will also be analysed for both the screening and symptomatic participant populations in each study arm.
Proportion of participants in the 'screening' participant population in whom at least one polyp is detected at colonoscopy, as indicated by Polyp Detection Rate (PDR) The presence or absence of at least one polyp will be determined at the end of the procedure Whether or not at least one polyp is detected at colonoscopy will be determined for each participant within the 'screening' participant population. The number of colonoscopies where one or more polyps is identified will be divided by the total number of colonoscopies in that participant population to calculate PDR, which is normally expressed as a percentage.
Proportion of participants in the 'symptomatic' participant population in whom at least one polyp is detected at colonoscopy, as indicated by Polyp Detection Rate (PDR) The presence or absence of at least one polyp will be determined at the end of the procedure Whether or not at least one polyp is detected at colonoscopy will be determined for each participant within the 'symptomatic' participant population. The number of colonoscopies where one or more polyps is identified will be divided by the total number of colonoscopies in that participant population to calculate PDR, which is normally expressed as a percentage.
Polyp characteristics and location Assessed over duration of colonoscopy procedure and at time of 14 day post-colonoscopy review (once histology is known) The location, size, and morphology of the polyps identified (and histology if retrieved) in each study arm will be compared. This will also be analysed for both the screening and symptomatic participant populations in each study arm.
Caecal Intubation Rate Caecal Intubation Rate will be calculated at the time of study completion, expected to be 18 months Caecal intubation rate (the proportion of colonoscopies in which the colonoscope reaches the furthest extent of the colon) will be compared between the study arms to assess for non-inferiority
Total Withdrawal Time (in absence of polyps) Measured during colonoscopy within the study. Total withdrawal time (time taken to remove the colonoscope from the furthest point of the colon) in the absence of any polyps will be compared between the study arms to assess for non-inferiority
Patient-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life Assessed one day after the procedure The EuroQoL EQ-5D-5L (validated quality of life questionnaire) will be used to compare patient-reported health-related quality of life, between study arms
ADR according to BCSP status of colonoscopist At the time of 14-day review Some colonoscopists partake in the national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) and some do not. ADR will be analysed by colonoscopist status within each study arm.
Change in proportion of participants in whom at least one adenoma is detected during colonoscopy, for each colonoscopist, over the course of the study, as indicated by ADR. At the time of 14-day review ADR for the first 20 percent of participants will be compared to ADR for the last 20 percent of participants scoped by each participating colonoscopist, to assess for change over the course of the study.
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) detection rate CRC Detection Rate will be calculated at the time of study completion, expected to be 18 months The number of CRCs detected in each study arm divided by the total number of colonoscopies in each arm. This will include polyps removed and later found to cancerous on histology and lesions felt to be cancerous at the time of colonoscopy. This will also be analysed for both the screening and symptomatic participant populations in each study arm.
Total Procedure Time Measured during colonoscopy within the study. Total time required to perform the colonoscopy will be compared between the study arms to assess for non-inferiority
Nurse-assessed patient comfort score Measured during colonoscopy within the study. Nurse-assessed patient comfort scores will be compared between the study arms to assess for non-inferiority
Projected future endoscopy workload Assessed immediately after colonoscopy The need for further colonoscopy for each participant is determined by the findings at the index colonoscopy, according to national guidelines on polyp surveillance. This may differ between study arms if more polyps are identified in one arm.
MAP according to BCSP status of colonoscopist At the time of 14-day review Some colonoscopists partake in the national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) and some do not. MAP will be analysed by colonoscopist status within each study arm.
Change in number of adenomas detected per colonoscopy, for each colonoscopist, over the course of the study, as indicated by MAP At the time of 14-day review MAP for the first 20 percent of participants will be compared to MAP for the last 20 percent of participants scoped by each participating colonoscopist, to assess for change over the course of the study.
Proportion of participants in whom at least one adenoma is detected during colonoscopy, for each participating colonoscopist, from pre-study to intra-study (SC arm only) At the time of 14-day review ADR may vary from baseline, even in the control arm due to a contamination or learning effect; comparing baseline values to those during the study assesses for this effect.
Trial Locations
- Locations (10)
The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
🇬🇧Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
🇬🇧Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
🇬🇧Sunderland, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
🇬🇧Bolton, United Kingdom
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
🇬🇧Worthing, Sussex, United Kingdom
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
🇬🇧Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
🇬🇧Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
🇬🇧Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
🇬🇧Middlesbrough, Teesside, United Kingdom
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
🇬🇧North Shields, North Tyneside, United Kingdom