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Multi-Organ Screening Recommendations in Patients With Lynch Syndrome

Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Lynch Syndrome
Interventions
Behavioral: questionnaires, telephone interview and optional blood drawn
Behavioral: questionnaires, telephone interview, optional blood drawn
Registration Number
NCT00582296
Lead Sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine how people with a family history of colon cancer and other related cancers respond to recommendations for cancer screening after genetic counseling. The purpose of your participation would be to help us learn more about whether people with a personal and/or family history of colorectal cancer and other cancers follow cancer screening recommendations.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1530
Inclusion Criteria
  • A patient will be eligible for enrollment if he/she is self-referred or physician-referred for genetic counseling at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's (MSKCC) Clinical Genetics Service due to a concern about increased risk for colon cancer or;
  • An individual who presents for genetic counseling at MSKCC's Clinical Genetics Service after undergoing genetic testing at an outside institution with a documented mutation in any gene associated with Lynch Syndrome or;
  • An individual who in the context of genetic counseling has received stricter colorectal and/or gynecologic screening recommendations than that of the general population regardless of genetic test results.
  • DNA of patients who have been consented to protocol 93-102 ("Ascertainment of Peripheral Blood or Saliva Samples for Genetic Epidemiology Studies of Familial Cancers"), who meet the eligibility criteria listed above, will also be eligible for inclusion in this study.
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients will be excluded from this study if: he/she has physical, cognitive or psychiatric conditions that interfere with ability to give meaningful informed consent; he/she cannot read, write or communicate in English; he/she is less than 18 years of age; he/she has received a diagnosis of FAP.
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Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
2questionnaires, telephone interview and optional blood drawncontrol follow-up
1questionnaires, telephone interview, optional blood drawnmulti-organ follow-up
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To assess adherence to comprehensive, multi-organ screening and risk-reducing behavior recommendations in patients with Lynch Syndrome.conclusion of study
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To evaluate predictive factors for adherence to comprehensive, multi-organ screening and risk-reducing behavior recommendations.conclusion of study

Trial Locations

Locations (8)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge

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Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only)

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Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only)

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Montvale, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Commack (Consent Only)

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Commack, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent Only)

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Harrison, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Hauppauge (Consent Only)

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Hauppauge, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent only)

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Uniondale, New York, United States

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