Identifying the factors that can improve the quality of flexible telescopic examination (endoscopy) of gullet, stomach and small bowel by analysing the information of the patients who were diagnosed with upper gastrointestinal cancer and had endoscopy prior to diagnosis and by analysing the national endoscopic database

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: pper gastrointestinal cancer; Cancer

• Registration Number: ISRCTN44918181
• Lead Sponsor: Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-10-31
• Study Start: 2023-12-27
• Last Update Posted: 8 January 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360000

Inclusion Criteria

1. All patients 18 years of age and over at diagnosis, who are diagnosed with oesophageal, gastric and duodenal cancers from 01/01/2009 to 31/12/2018, identified in National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS)
2. All endoscopies performed and recorded in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) in England between 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2018 in patients identified with oesophageal, gastric and duodenal cancer from NCRAS data
3. 200,000 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies performed in the UK and recorded in National Endoscopy Database (NED)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Paediatric population (<18 years)
2. Residents outside England

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified