Cancer
Conditions
Interventions
iFOBT test
No intervention
Sponsors
International Agency for Research on Cancer
The Foundation Lalla Salma Cancer prevention and treatment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All apparently healthy, ambulant men and women aged 50 to 75 years resident in Rabat region with no debilitating mental or physical illness (schizophrenia, manic depressive psychosis, acute and chronic organ failure (like renal failure), hemiplegia and paraplegia, fulminant tuberculosis) and no past history of CRC are eligible to participate in the CRC pilot screening project.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants aged lower 50 and over 75 years old.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Stage distribution of CRC detected into the program; Detection rates of polyps, advanced adenoma and CRC for 10 000 screened persons; Positive predictive value of iFOBT for CRC and polyps; CRC detected in the programme as a proportion of all CRC during 2017 (programme sensitivity: CRC detected by the programme/total CRC provided by the hospital-based cancer registry). Frequency of bleeding, tearing, perforation and deaths following colonoscopy; Number of unnecessary exploratory surgeries. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reproducibility of iFOBT offered; Percentage of invalid FOBTs and number of repeat tests and sample collections Percentage of persons with positive iFOBT; Percentage of persons with positive iFOBT undergoing colonoscopy (lost to follow-up); Percentage of CRC patients completing prescribed course of treatment; | — |
Countries
Morocco
Contacts
Public ContactYoussef Chami Khazraji
Projects Coordinator
Outcome results
None listed