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Combining Risk Factors and Faecal Immunochemical Testing in Colorectal Cancer Screening: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Primary Purpose

Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Carcinoma, Colorectal Neoplasms

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Netherlands
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Risk-based logistic regression model
FIT
Sponsored by
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
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Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional screening trial for Colorectal Cancer focused on measuring Colorectal Cancer, Screening, Model, Faecal Immunochemic Test, FIT, Occult Blood, Risk Factors, Logistic Regression, Advanced Neoplasia, Advanced Adenoma

Eligibility Criteria

55 Years - 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesAccepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a screening invitee must meet the following criteria:

  1. The screening invitee must be at least 55 years old, and no older than 75 years old, at the day of invitation by the Foundation of Population Screening Mid-West
  2. The screening invitee must be eligible for participation in the second round of the Dutch CRC Population Screening Programme
  3. The screening invitee must return a signed informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

A potential screening invitee who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

  1. if he or she receives active treatment for CRC and/or AN, including palliative care.
  2. if he or she fails to return a sample that is adequate for FIT testing.

Sites / Locations

  • Amsterdam UMC, locatie Academisch Medisch Centrum

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm Type

Experimental

Active Comparator

Arm Label

Intervention group

Control group

Arm Description

This group will be screened with the risk-based model. The input of the model will be gathered with the FIT, a validated questionnaire, and from data of the Dutch general population registry. The threshold of the model will be set at a calculated risk of 0.10. To comply with ethical guidelines, all participants in this group with a FIT result of >=15 mcg Hb/g faeces and a calculated risk of <0.10 will also be offered a colonoscopy.

This group will be screened with the FIT. The threshold of the FIT will be set at >= 15 mcg Hb/g faeces.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Yield of Advanced Neoplasia
The primary outcome is the yield of advanced neoplasia, defined as the relative number of invitees in whom advanced neoplasia is detected at colonoscopy.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Standardized Screening Yield
standardized screening yield: ranking the number of participants according to their calculated risk and comparing the yield of risk-based screening for the number of positives that matches the number of FIT-positives with FIT-only screening.
Participation Rate
participation rate, defined as the relative number of invitees participating in screening.
Yield of Advanced Neoplasia at Other Thresholds
yield of advanced neoplasia, defined as the relative number of invitees with advanced neoplasia detected at colonoscopy, at FIT-positivity thresholds of 15 µg Hb/g faeces and higher.
Yield of Proximally Located Advanced Neoplasia
yield of proximally located advanced neoplasia, defined as the relative number of referred participants in whom proximally located advanced neoplasia is detected at colonoscopy.

Full Information

First Posted
July 13, 2020
Last Updated
August 12, 2021
Sponsor
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT04490551
Brief Title
Combining Risk Factors and Faecal Immunochemical Testing in Colorectal Cancer Screening: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Official Title
Combining Risk Factors and Faecal Immunochemical Testing in Colorectal Cancer Screening: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
August 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
December 5, 2019 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2020 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
June 1, 2021 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
Colorectal Carcinoma (CRC) is the third most frequent diagnosed cancer worldwide, with 1.4 million new cases every year. In an attempt to reduce this number many countries have implemented a nationwide screening programme targeted at detecting CRC in an early phase using fecal immunochemical tests (FITs). People with an elevated level of blood in their stool are offered a colonoscopy, an invasive medical procedure where CRCs and premalignant lesions (together also referred to as advanced neoplasia) can be detected accurately. However, the current screening method using FIT is not optimal. In FIT-based CRC screening studies, 1 in 4 participants with CRC and 2 in 3 participants with advanced neoplasia receive a negative FIT result. In contrast, an estimated 1 in 2 FIT-positives have advanced neoplasia at colonoscopy. Recent studies have demonstrated that a risk model that takes into account the FIT result and other risk factors for CRC could enhance the effectiveness of a FIT-based CRC screening programme. The objective of this study is to assess the yield of advanced neoplasia in the colon and rectum of a FIT-based risk model at colonoscopy, compared to that of a FIT-only CRC screening strategy. Our hypothesis is that a risk-based model yields significantly more advanced neoplasia at colonoscopy than the FIT by itself, and that it does not affect participation rate. To assess this hypothesis, the investigators have designed a clinical trial in which the investigators randomize 23,000 asymptomatic individuals between the age of 55 and 75 years old to either risk-based screening (intervention group) or FIT-only screening (control group). The intervention group will receive a questionnaire on risk factors of CRC (e.g. smoking, family history of CRC), and a FIT. The control group will only receive the FIT. The positivity threshold of the FIT in both groups will be set at 15 micrograms haemoglobin per gram faeces. The positivity threshold of the risk-based model in the intervention group will be set at 0.10 (out of a range of 0 to 1), a threshold that is calculated with a goal to match the positivity rate of the control group. Participants with a result that is above the thresholds of the FIT and/or the risk-based model will be invited to undergo a colonoscopy according protocol of the Dutch national screening program. After the study has ended, the investigators will compare both groups to assess our hypotheses.
Detailed Description
INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the third most frequent diagnosed cancer worldwide, with 1.4 million new cases every year. Mortality of CRC is estimated at around 40%. To reduce the incidence of CRC and to abate the negative consequences associated with CRC, methods for early detection of (pre)malignant colorectal lesions have extensively been researched and implemented. Colonoscopy is the reference standard for the detection of advanced neoplasia, but it requires trained endoscopists, carries a high burden, harbours a risk for complications in patients, and increases societal costs. Most screening programs use methods to select screening participants with a high risk of advanced neoplasia for colonoscopy. One such method is the detection of blood in stool with faecal immunochemical tests (FITs). Multiple nation-wide screening programs have now been implemented using FIT, including one in the Netherlands. In the Dutch CRC screening program, using a FIT threshold of 47 µg Hb/g faeces, the sensitivity of FIT in detecting CRC is 85.5%. The sensitivity of FIT in detecting advanced neoplasia (AN) is however substantially lower: 38%. FIT-based screening also generates a high number of false positives, leading to unnecessary colonoscopies and distress for those patients. Approximately 1 in 2 FIT-positives has advanced neoplasia; the first round of the Dutch CRC screening program, using a FIT threshold of 47 µg Hb/g faeces, reached a positive predictive value of 54%. Previous studies have demonstrated the existence of clinical risk factors for CRC, such as male gender, age, family history of CRC, and smoking. In a ZonMW sponsored project (ZonMW 50-50115-96-521) our group has shown that higher age, male sex, a family history with close relatives in whom CRC was diagnosed, and active smoking were all associated with the presence of advanced neoplasia (Stegeman et al, Gut, 2014). Multiple CRC risk models have been developed using these risk factors, but most show only weak discriminatory power. Others have proposed risk models that additionally included molecular markers, increasing performance and discriminatory power, but these markers can be cumbersome to collect and can be costly in respect to the relative cheap FIT test. the investigators propose to combine CRC risk factors with the quantitative FIT result. FIT is a quantitative test with a variable cut-off level, and individuals with higher values of faecal haemoglobin are at higher risk of having advanced neoplasia at the cost of a lower specificity. Therefore, the quantitative result can be used as a weight-factor in a risk model. Based on information on these risk factors for CRC and the quantitative FIT-result, our FIT-based risk model for CRC screening calculates the personal risk of having advanced neoplasia at colonoscopy. Inviting screening participants with elevated risk for colonoscopy, rather than those whose FIT result exceeds a pre-specified threshold, has the potential to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of FIT-based CRC screening. However, this requires participants to complete the questions about risk. Our hypothesis is that integration of FIT score with known risk factors (age, gender, smoking, and family history of CRC) improves the number of participants in whom advanced neoplasia is detected, relative to the number of invitees. The investigators will compare a risk-based approach to screening, as described above, to the conventional FIT-only screening in a randomized controlled screening trial. OBJECTIVES The study hypothesis is that risk-based CRC screening significantly outperforms FIT-only CRC screening in terms of the relative number of invitees in whom advanced neoplasia is detected at colonoscopy. Primary Research Question: does risk-based CRC screening result in a higher relative number of invitees in whom advanced neoplasia is detected at colonoscopy compared to FIT-only CRC screening? Secondary Research Questions: i) Does risk-based CRC screening result in a higher standardized screening yield in whom advanced neoplasia is detected at colonoscopy compared to FIT-only CRC screening? ii) Is the participation rate of risk-based CRC screening non-inferior compared to FIT-only screening? iii) Does risk-based CRC screening result in a higher relative number of invitees in whom advanced neoplasia is detected at colonoscopy compared to FIT-only CRC screening at higher FIT-positivity thresholds (from 15 µg Hb /g faeces)? iv) Does risk-based CRC screening result in a higher relative number of invitees in whom proximally located advanced neoplasia is detected at colonoscopy compared to FIT-only CRC screening? METHODS The investigators will perform a randomized controlled trial in 23,000 randomly selected men and women (aged 55 to 75 years) eligible for participation in the national CRC screening programme. All eligible participants will be second time invitees, living within a 25 km radius from the colonoscopy centre Bergman Clinics Amsterdam, which is accredited for the national population screening program. Eligible individuals are randomly allocated on a 1:1 basis to an invitation for either risk-based CRC screening (intervention group) or FIT-only screening (control group). Randomization per household will be done before invitation. Study invitations are sent out by Foundation of Population Screening Mid-West (BoMW) early November 2019 before sending the FIT sample kit of the national screening program to the study cohort from January 2020 to April 2020. The study invitation is combined with a leaflet containing information on study participation. It will also contain an informed consent form, and a one-page questionnaire (if allocated to the intervention arm) with a self-addressed envelope to the research facility. The informed consent form will bear a unique study identification code. The model that the investigators will use in this study for risk-based screening is derived from a model developed in a primary colonoscopy screening trial (Stegeman et al, Gut, 2014). The investigators have re-evaluated our multivariable risk model for CRC, with the aim to simplify it for daily practice. A number of risk factors (such as elements from diet) added little to the performance of the model, whereas collecting the necessary information proved rather tedious. The quantitative FIT result, age, sex, family history and smoking behaviour were the most decisive factors in the model. This simplified FIT-based risk model had a performance like that of the extended model in the development dataset. In this study the investigators will calculate the risk of harbouring advanced neoplasia with our simplified FIT-based risk model, based on the quantitative FIT result, age, sex, family history and smoking behaviour (see below). The threshold and expected positivity rate of the risk-based model will be matched to the expected positivity rate of the FIT-only group. Regression equation of the updated model: ln(odds AN) = -4.955073942+0.9196052173*Smoking+0.3364761549* √FIT+0.370575346*family history of CRC-0.006934851*FIT+0.0228752117*age+0.070972656*gender Probability of advanced neoplasia: P (AN)=e^((odds AN))/(1+e^((odds AN))) If invitees that are allocated to the intervention group (i.e. questionnaire and FIT) only return the questionnaire, they do not qualify for a colonoscopy. When consenting invitees in the intervention group prefer not to complete the questionnaire, FIT tests will be analysed at a cut-off of 15 µg Hb/g faeces. The type of FIT that will be used is the one used in the Dutch national screening programme: FOB-Gold (Sentinel, Italy). FIT-analyses and sending of FIT results will be performed according to the logistics as being used in the national screening. The FIT result and the result of the questionnaire will be entered in a database, to calculate the participant's risk. All FIT positives (≥15 µg Hb/g faeces) will be referred for consultation for colonoscopy at regional endoscopic centres. For the purpose of this study, FIT-negative but risk-positive participants (i.e. the combination of the results of the questionnaire and the quantitative FIT result) will also be invited for consultation for colonoscopy. Colonoscopy will be performed by endoscopists accredited for our national screening programme and according to national and international quality guidelines. Quality indicators and endoscopic findings will be systematically recorded in a database, according to the standards of the national screening programme. Lesions will be immediately removed, if possible, and otherwise biopsies will be obtained. Histopathological assessment of these tissue samples will provide a definitive diagnosis. Data on location, size, macroscopic aspect, morphology and polypectomy will be recorded for all colonic lesions, which will be collected and evaluated by an accredited GI-pathologist according to the Vienna criteria. Advanced adenomas are defined as adenomas larger than 10 mm, adenomas with high-grade dysplasia or adenomas with a villous component of at least 25%. Advice regarding surveillance colonoscopy after removal of adenomatous polyps, large (≥10 mm) serrated lesions or cancer will be given to the clients according to the Dutch CBO consensus. Screening invitees can leave the study at any time for any reason if they wish to do so without any consequences. The investigator can decide to withdraw a screening invitee from the study for urgent medical reasons. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Primary outcome The difference in screening yield will be estimated and expressed as an absolute difference per 1,000 invitees, with 95% confidence intervals. The investigators will test the null hypothesis of no difference in yield between the intervention and control group using the chi-square test. Secondary outcome The standardized screening yield will be calculated by ranking participants according to their calculated risk (in risk-based screening) and comparing the yield of risk-based screening for the number of positives that matches the number of FIT-positives with FIT-only screening with a chi-square test. Additionally, the investigators will use the McNemar test statistic to test the null hypothesis of no gain in screening yield in the intervention group only, where the investigators can compare referrals based on FIT only with referrals based on FIT and calculated risk. The participation rate will be calculated through the number of participants relative to the number of invitees in each arm. Differences in participation rate will be assessed using the chi square test. The difference in screening yield of proximally located advanced neoplasia between both arms will be estimated and expressed as an absolute difference per 1,000 invitees (with 95% confidence intervals). The null hypothesis of no difference in yield will be tested using the chi square test. Statistical significance level P-values of lower than 0.05 will be considered statistically significant. All analysis between both arms are based on the intention-to-screen principle, unless stated otherwise. Statistical analyses will be performed using R. Additional outcomes Model performance in comparison to the FIT will be assessed with the net reclassification improvement (NRI). In addition, the yield of the FIT-based risk model and the FIT will be assessed at a broad range of FIT thresholds and will be estimated and expressed as the number of detected advanced neoplasia per 1,000 invitees (intention-to-screen) and per 1,000 colonoscopies (per protocol). Differences in the yield will be tested using a chi square test. Any missing data that was intended to be used as input for the risk-model, will be classified as '0'. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS The study will be conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (Version October 2008) and the Population Screening Act (WBO). Permission to conduct this study has been granted by the Dutch Health Council and the Dutch Minister of Healthcare.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Carcinoma, Colorectal Neoplasms, Colorectal Adenoma, Colorectal Adenoma and Carcinoma
Keywords
Colorectal Cancer, Screening, Model, Faecal Immunochemic Test, FIT, Occult Blood, Risk Factors, Logistic Regression, Advanced Neoplasia, Advanced Adenoma

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Screening
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Model Description
The researchers conduct a parallel group randomized controlled trial. Asymptomatic individuals will be randomized to either risk-based screening or FIT-only screening.
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
6753 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Intervention group
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
This group will be screened with the risk-based model. The input of the model will be gathered with the FIT, a validated questionnaire, and from data of the Dutch general population registry. The threshold of the model will be set at a calculated risk of 0.10. To comply with ethical guidelines, all participants in this group with a FIT result of >=15 mcg Hb/g faeces and a calculated risk of <0.10 will also be offered a colonoscopy.
Arm Title
Control group
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
This group will be screened with the FIT. The threshold of the FIT will be set at >= 15 mcg Hb/g faeces.
Intervention Type
Diagnostic Test
Intervention Name(s)
Risk-based logistic regression model
Intervention Description
The intervention will be a risk-based logistic regression model that takes multiple variables into account to calculate the risk of advanced neoplasia as an outcome.
Intervention Type
Diagnostic Test
Intervention Name(s)
FIT
Other Intervention Name(s)
Faecal Immunochemic Test
Intervention Description
FIT is a stool-based test that detects human blood in faeces.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Yield of Advanced Neoplasia
Description
The primary outcome is the yield of advanced neoplasia, defined as the relative number of invitees in whom advanced neoplasia is detected at colonoscopy.
Time Frame
10 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Standardized Screening Yield
Description
standardized screening yield: ranking the number of participants according to their calculated risk and comparing the yield of risk-based screening for the number of positives that matches the number of FIT-positives with FIT-only screening.
Time Frame
10 weeks
Title
Participation Rate
Description
participation rate, defined as the relative number of invitees participating in screening.
Time Frame
10 weeks
Title
Yield of Advanced Neoplasia at Other Thresholds
Description
yield of advanced neoplasia, defined as the relative number of invitees with advanced neoplasia detected at colonoscopy, at FIT-positivity thresholds of 15 µg Hb/g faeces and higher.
Time Frame
10 weeks
Title
Yield of Proximally Located Advanced Neoplasia
Description
yield of proximally located advanced neoplasia, defined as the relative number of referred participants in whom proximally located advanced neoplasia is detected at colonoscopy.
Time Frame
10 weeks

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Gender Based
Yes
Gender Eligibility Description
Male and Females
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
55 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
75 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a screening invitee must meet the following criteria: The screening invitee must be at least 55 years old, and no older than 75 years old, at the day of invitation by the Foundation of Population Screening Mid-West The screening invitee must be eligible for participation in the second round of the Dutch CRC Population Screening Programme The screening invitee must return a signed informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: A potential screening invitee who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: if he or she receives active treatment for CRC and/or AN, including palliative care. if he or she fails to return a sample that is adequate for FIT testing.
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Evelien Dekker, PhD MD
Organizational Affiliation
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Amsterdam UMC, locatie Academisch Medisch Centrum
City
Amsterdam
State/Province
Noord-Holland
ZIP/Postal Code
1105 AZ
Country
Netherlands

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Plan to Share IPD
No
IPD Sharing Plan Description
Conditional on the permission of the Dutch government, anonymized research data may be shared after publication of the results in a peer-reviewed paper.
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