Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average and High Risk Population
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-10-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The existing evidence from epidemiological studies and randomized controlled trials has
consistently assures the cost effectiveness and the influential role of screening in reducing
incidence rates and deaths caused by Colorectal Cancer (CRC). Population based organized
screening programmes, which should be considered an obligation that is not to be postponed,
require valuable information that can be reliably extrapolated from well-designed pilot study
conducted prior to programme implementation.
The main objectives of the current pilot CRC screening project, named after "Al-Kindy College
of Medicine", was to evaluate and explore the specific aspects of the intended
population-based organized CRC screening programme, including: barriers affecting adherence
to the programme, performance indicators of the proposed screening programme, the target
population in which CRC screening is a legitimate healthcare priority, quality assurance of
screening tests and colonoscopy services, and to propose an algorithm that will provide a
clinically and logistically acceptable positivity rate.
Phase:
Early Phase 1
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Lewai Sharki Abdulaziz, MSc PhD
Collaborators:
Al-Kindy College of Medicine Research & Development Directorate, Ministry of Higher Education, Iraq