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Electronic nose for breath analysis after curative Surgery to detect distant metastases or locoregional recurrence of colon cancer

Recruiting
Conditions
Patients undergoing curative treatment for CRC
Registration Number
NL-OMON22434
Lead Sponsor
•The ‘Medisch Specialistisch Bedrijf’(MSB) of Isala has invested in The eNose Company, Zutphen, The Netherlands. The researchers have received a grant from the Innovation & Science fund Isala. •The eNose Company invests by making the eNose devices, disposable mouthpieces and analysis of the breath tests available.
Brief Summary

Steenhuis, E.G.M., Schoenaker, I.J.H., de Groot, J.W.B., Fiebrich, H.B., de Graaf, J.C., Brohet, R.M., van Dijk, J.D., van Westreenen, H.L., Siersema, P.D., de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel, W.H. (2020). Feasibility of volatile organic compound in breath analysis in the follow-up of colorectal cancer: A pilot study. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 46(11), 2068-2073

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
1184
Inclusion Criteria

1. Follow-up patients with an intentional curative treatment of CRC stage I to IV
• a CRC treated with curative intent by means of a colorectal resection
• curative treatment of synchronous metastases in combination with colorectal resection
• curatively treated metachronous metastases, after colorectal resection
2. Age = 18 years.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not proficient in Dutch
2. Reason to believe that the patient cannot perform a breath test
3. CRC not treated curatively
4. CRC pT1N0Mx / pT1NxMx (patients receiving endoscopic control only)
5. Local (surgical or endoscopic) resection
6. Active treatment of other malignancies within the past three months

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the diagnostic accuracy of eNose in the detection of recurrent CRC
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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