Partial Wave Spectroscopic Detection of Colon Cancer Risk

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 14 January 2013
• Main ID: NCT01095432
• Date of registration: 24/03/2010
• Primary sponsor: University of Chicago
• Public title: Partial Wave Spectroscopic Detection of Colon Cancer Risk Brushings
• Scientific title: Partial Wave Spectroscopic Detection of Colon Cancer Risk
• Date of first enrolment: March 2010
• Target sample size: 40
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01095432
• Study type: Observational
• Study design: Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Bonnie Surma, RN

• Name: Bonnie Surma, RN

• Name: David T Rubin, MD
• Affiliation: University of Chicago

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient must be 18 years old or older.

- Patient is already scheduled for a standard of care colonoscopy or flexible
sigmoidoscopy.

- Patient has not received chemotherapy.

- History of ulcerative colitis.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient is unable to give informed consent..

- Patient has received chemo or radiation therapy within the past 3 months.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Colon Cancer

Ulcerative Colitis

Intervention(s)

Procedure: PWS Testing

Primary Outcome(s)

Study samples of rectal mucosa (the moist lining of the rectum) using PWS. [Time Frame: 1 year]

Secondary ID(s)

10-066-B

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Northwestern University