Prospective Clinical Validation of a Novel Multitarget FIT in CRC Screening

NCT ID: NCT05314309

Last Updated: 2023-01-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

14712 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-25

Study Completion Date

2023-05-31

Brief Summary

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The primary goal of the population-based colorectal (CRC) screening is early detection and interception of CRC and its precursors to decrease CRC-related morbidity and mortality. To improve current CRC screening programs, the investigators have developed and retrospectively validated a test that combines the detection of multiple proteins in stool (the multitarget faecal immunochemical test, mtFIT). mtFIT was found to have a higher accuracy to detect advanced neoplasia (AN), which includes CRC, advanced adenomas and advanced serrated polyps, in comparison to FIT. Thus, this multitarget test has the potential to improve the screening program's efficiency in reducing CRC-related incidence, morbidity and mortality. This new test, in comparison to FIT, shows specifically higher sensitivity in the detection of advanced adenomas, without affecting specificity.

Detailed Description

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Background:

The primary goal of population-based CRC screening is early detection and interception of CRC and its precursors to decrease CRC-related morbidity and mortality. New tests, with higher sensitivity for advanced precursor lesions than the current FIT, are desired. The investigators have developed a protein-based multitarget faecal immunochemical test (mtFIT) that shows higher sensitivity for advanced adenomas without losing in specificity.

Objective:

To prospectively validate the better performance of the mtFIT in comparison to FIT in the setting of a population-based CRC screening program.

Material and Methods:

In this prospective study, participants of the Dutch National CRC screening program (55-75 years of age) will be invited to participate. Individuals who consent to participate in the study, will be asked to take two stool samples from the same bowel movement. In a central laboratory these two samples then will be analyzed. One with the standard of care faecal immunochemical test (FIT) and the other with the multi-target faecal immunochemical test (mtFIT). If either one of these two tests is positive, individuals will be referred to undergo a colonoscopy procedure. The performance of mtFIT, in comparison to FIT, will be evaluated against the colonoscopy findings.

Expected results:

mtFIT has higher sensitivity for AN, and in particular advanced adenomas, than FIT, at equal positivity rate.

Conditions

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CRC Advanced Neoplasia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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mtFIT

Individuals who consent to participate in the study, will be asked to take two stool samples from the same bowel movement. In a central laboratory these two samples then will be analyzed. One with the standard of care faecal immunochemical test (FIT) and the other with the multi-target faecal immunochemical test (mtFIT). If either one of these two tests is positive, individuals will be referred to undergo a colonoscopy procedure. The performance of mtFIT, in comparison to FIT, will be evaluated against the colonoscopy findings.

Comparison of two tests (FIT and mtFIT) in the same bowel movement

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Invitees for the Dutch National CRC screening program will be randomly selected by the Screening Organization and invited to participate in this study, where next to the current FIT, participants will also perform the mtFIT in one bowel movement. Both tests will be analysed and if one of the two test results is positive, the individual will be referred for colonoscopy.

Interventions

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Comparison of two tests (FIT and mtFIT) in the same bowel movement

Invitees for the Dutch National CRC screening program will be randomly selected by the Screening Organization and invited to participate in this study, where next to the current FIT, participants will also perform the mtFIT in one bowel movement. Both tests will be analysed and if one of the two test results is positive, the individual will be referred for colonoscopy.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Individuals of the Dutch population suitable for CRC screening (age between 55 and 75 years old) will be randomly selected.
* The participants will be invited in phases and are selected out of different age groups.
* The selected participants will participate in the population CRC screening program for either the first, second, third or fourth time.

Exclusion Criteria

* Collection of stool not complete for both tests (FIT and mtFIT)
Minimum Eligible Age

55 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC), Location Academic Medical Center (AMC)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Erasmus Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Netherlands Cancer Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Gerrit A Meijer, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Netherlands Cancer Institute

Evelien Dekker, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC), Location Academic Medical Center (AMC)

Manon CW Spaander, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam (Erasmus MC)

Locations

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Netherlands Cancer Institute

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

References

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Wisse PHA, de Klaver W, van Wifferen F, van Maaren-Meijer FG, van Ingen HE, Meiqari L, Huitink I, Bierkens M, Lemmens M, Greuter MJE, van Leerdam ME, Spaander MCW, Dekker E, Coupe VMH, Carvalho B, de Wit M, Meijer GA. The multitarget faecal immunochemical test for improving stool-based colorectal cancer screening programmes: a Dutch population-based, paired-design, intervention study. Lancet Oncol. 2024 Mar;25(3):326-337. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00651-4. Epub 2024 Feb 9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38346438 (View on PubMed)

Wisse PHA, de Klaver W, van Wifferen F, Meiqari L, Bierkens M, Greuter MJE, Carvalho B, van Leerdam ME, Spaander MCW, Dekker E, Coupe VMH, de Wit M, Meijer GA. The multitarget fecal immunochemical test versus the fecal immunochemical test for programmatic colorectal cancer screening: a cross-sectional intervention study with paired design. BMC Cancer. 2022 Dec 12;22(1):1299. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-10372-2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36503495 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1691110-204907-PG

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

M22ANC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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