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University of Chicago |
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Information provided by: | University of Chicago |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00145860 |
The purpose of this study is to assess whether patients with colorectal cancer understand that their first-degree relatives are at increased risk of getting the cancer themselves and therefore should be screened early. Among patients who do understand the risks to their family, we plan to determine who they identify as the source of their information and whether they have acted upon this information and advised family members to be screened. We hypothesize that many patients with colorectal cancer do not have a correct understanding of the risks to their first-degree relatives and the recommendations that they be screened early.
If this hypothesis is shown to be true, it can be used to direct improved and more diligent patient education. This, in turn, will hopefully increase the low screening rates among first-degree relatives, and, thereby, save lives in this high-risk population.
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Colorectal Cancer |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Screening, Cross-Sectional, Defined Population, Prospective Study |
Official Title: | Do Patients With Colorectal Cancer Understand That Their Family is at Increased Risk? |
Estimated Enrollment: | 650 |
Study Start Date: | April 2002 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | August 2005 |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients who were diagnosed with CRC and received first treatment here or elsewhere and patients who were diagnosed elsewhere and received their first treatment here. All are currently followed here and still alive.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients in the registry who are not followed here, patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, patients with Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer, and patients with no siblings or children.
United States, Illinois | |
The University of Chicago | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637 |
Principal Investigator: | David Rubin, M.D. | University of Chicago |
Study ID Numbers: | 11589A |
Study First Received: | September 1, 2005 |
Last Updated: | March 29, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00145860 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Colorectal Cancer |
Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Diseases Colonic Diseases Gastrointestinal Neoplasms |
Intestinal Diseases Rectal Diseases Intestinal Neoplasms Colorectal Neoplasms |
Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site |