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Care for Colon 2015

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer
Adenoma
Registration Number
NCT04049357
Lead Sponsor
Odense University Hospital
Brief Summary

The investigatior believe that implementing camera capsule endoscopy as a filter test to colonoscopy will increase screening participation, increase the number of individuals with detected intermediate- high risk adenomas or cancer, reduce the colonoscopy demand and reduce the number of complications.

Detailed Description

The Danish national colorectal cancer screening program includes all citizens aged 50-74 years, who are invited biennially to a fecal test for invisible blood in the stool. If the test is positive the citizen is invited for a colonoscopy. 90% of the test-positive undergo colonoscopy. The detected cancers are at a significant earlier stage and survival from screening detected cancer is higher. It is also expected that cancer incidence will drop due to removal of the advanced adenomas before they develop into cancer. Although initial results are positive, there is room for improvement. Additionally there are rare but serious complications to colonoscopy in the form of bleeding or bowel perforation.

Through four years the investigators have tested the colon capsule endoscopy method, and find that the investigation is associated with significantly less discomfort and that the diagnostic ability to find polyps \> 1 cm is better than colonoscopy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2015
Inclusion Criteria
  • Participation in the Danish colorectal screening program
Exclusion Criteria
  • None

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
CCE detection rate of polyps compared to OCWithin 30 days

The investigators aim to conduct a large scale randomized trial to investigate the implementation of CCE as part of the Danish screening protocol.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Odense University Hospital, Svendborg Sygehus

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Svendborg, Denmark

Odense University Hospital, Svendborg Sygehus
🇩🇰Svendborg, Denmark
Morten K Larsen, PhD
Contact
morten.kobaek.larsen@rsyd.dk

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