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NCT04624555Recruiting

The Utility and Feasibility of Mt-sDNA as a Surveillance Procedure in Colorectal Cancer Survivors

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Apr 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether testing of stool for a panel of markers will enable us to detect polyps and cancer compared to standard testing.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
50 (estimated)
First submitted
5 Nov 2020
Start date
31 Oct 2022
Primary completion date
1 Sept 2026
Lead sponsor
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCT number
NCT04624555

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 50
  • From 31 Oct 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Sept 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Surgical treatment with subtotal colectomy or total proctocolectomy
  • Presence of advanced adenomas (1 cm or larger, villous features and/or high grade dysplasia) that were not removed at the preoperative colonoscopy or contained in the resection specimen.
  • Medical comorbidities that would be contraindications to sedation or that would preclude any benefit of routine surveillance post-resection. These would be at the discretion of the participant's providers.

Other illness

  • Stage IV colorectal cancer
  • Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease)
  • Diagnosis of polyposis syndrome including Lynch syndrome or familial polyposis

Other

  • Inability to provide informed consent
  • Inability to understand spoken and written English

Who the study is looking for

  • Diagnosis of stage I, II or III adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum
  • Receipt of preoperative colonoscopy
  • Receipt of bowel resection; use of adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy as clinically indicated

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
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ClevelandUnited StatesRecruiting

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