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Clinical Trials/DRKS00003503
DRKS00003503
Completed
Not Applicable

Prevalence of colorectal cancer in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients undergoing total coloscopy A prospective, multi-center, case-control endoscopy study in a federal state in Germany

niversitätsklinik Frankfurt am Main0 sites6,450 target enrollmentSeptember 3, 2013

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
C18
Sponsor
niversitätsklinik Frankfurt am Main
Enrollment
6450
Status
Completed
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 3, 2013
End Date
September 30, 2010
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitätsklinik Frankfurt am Main

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • patients undergoing colonoscopy under outpatient conditions. Only patients undergoing first colonoscopy in life were evaluated. Symptoms included tumour\-suspicious symptoms (altered bowel habits, weight loss, anaemia, anorectal bleeding, positive fecal occult blood tests (FOBT), abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhoea). Eligible patients provided written informed consent. Complete colonoscopy is mandatory.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Persons with increased risk for CRC (surveillance after resection of a CRC, surveillance after polypectomy, known inflammatory bowel disease, FAP, HNPCC) and persons with the history of colorectal surgery were excluded in both study groups. The completeness of colonoscopy was a prerequisite for inclusion in both studies as well as for reimbursement by the health insurance

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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