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Risk Assessment Evaluation for Identifying Participants at High Risk for Stomach Cancer

OUR Stomach Health Project: A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Feasibility of Stomach Cancer Risk Assessment for Early Detection and Secondary Prevention

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06408220
Enrollment
240
Registered
2024-05-10
Start date
2024-06-27
Completion date
2029-10-09
Last updated
2026-03-13

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Conditions

Gastric Carcinoma

Brief summary

This clinical trial evaluates the usefulness of various risk assessment tests, including Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) breath testing, questionnaires, and endoscopies for identifying participants at high risk for stomach cancer. H. pylori is a bacteria that causes stomach inflammation and ulcers in the stomach. People with H. pylori infections may be more likely to develop cancer in the stomach. H. pylori breath testing can help identify the presence of H. pylori infection in a participant and help identify if the participant may be at a higher risk of developing stomach cancer. An endoscopy uses a thin, flexible lighted tube that is inserted inside the esophagus, stomach, and first part of the small intestine. This allows the doctor to see and look for abnormal areas that may need to be biopsied. Risk assessment including H. pylori evaluation, questionnaires, and endoscopies may help identify participants at high risk for stomach cancer and may be a useful screening tool for earlier stomach cancer diagnosis.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To determine the feasibility of using community outreach and clinical assessment to identify persons at high risk for gastric cancer. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the presence of gastric cancer (GC) associated risk factors amongst the diverse ethnic populations (in greater Orange and Los Angeles Counties). II. To determine the proportion of high-risk patients who are willing to undergo upper endoscopy. III. To identify actionable diagnoses on upper endoscopy of high-risk individuals. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess population-based understanding of gastric cancer. OUTLINE: PART I: Participants complete questionnaires, undergo collection of a blood sample, and undergo an H. pylori breath test for gastric cancer risk assessment at baseline. PART II: High-risk participants are assigned to cohort I and non-high risk participants are assigned to cohort II. COHORT I: Participants may undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with possible tissue biopsy within 3 months of baseline risk assessment and complete questionnaires annually up to 3 years. COHORT II: Participants complete questionnaires for re-assessment annually up to 3 years and may undergo EGD at year 2. Participants are followed up annually for a total of 3 years.

Interventions

PROCEDUREBiopsy

Undergo tissue biopsy

PROCEDUREBiospecimen Collection

Undergo blood sample collection

PROCEDUREBreath Test

Undergo H. pylori breath test

PROCEDUREEsophagogastroduodenoscopy

Undergo EGD

OTHERQuestionnaire Administration

Complete questionnaires

Sponsors

City of Hope Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Documented informed consent of the participant and/or legally authorized representative * Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained per institutional guidelines * Age: ≥ 40 years to ≤ 80 years * Identify as a racial minority either Asian, Hispanic, or Black American * Willingness to: * Provide blood samples and undergo upper endoscopy

Exclusion criteria

* Identify as Non-Hispanic White * History of gastric cancer * Known premalignant lesions of the stomach * History of upper endoscopy within 2 years * Women of childbearing potential: Pregnant/ nursing * An employee who is under the direct/indirect supervision of the principal investigator (PI)/a coinvestigator/the study manager * A direct study team member

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of screening individuals found to be at high risk for gastric cancer (feasibility)At time of screening up to 3 yearsStudy feasibility will be defined as ≥ 10% of screened individuals found to be at high risk for gastric cancer. The study will be successful if ≥ 10% of screened individuals (24 of ≤ 240) have a risk score of ≥ 12 or have signs/symptoms that have persisted for ≥ 1 month that are associated with gastric cancer. The reported results will include counts/proportions of screened individuals found to be at high risk for gastric cancer (≥ 12 risk score).

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORYanghee Woo

City of Hope Medical Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026