An observational study in Irritable Colon, Colorectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, sponsored by Sykehuset Telemark. Terminated at 3 sites in Norway. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-08.
Sponsored by Sykehuset Telemark · Observational
Registration of patients referred for colon investigation by barium enema, CT colonography and colonoscopy in two hospitals and one radiology centre in Telemark, Norway, for a period of minimum six months. Indications, delay and results of procedure will be recorded.Hypothesis: Choice of procedure for colon investigation is not based solely on clinical indication, but factors like delay, patient preference, lack of knowledge about the the procedures by the referring physician may have a decisive influence. The study will also analyse the correlation between patients symptoms, clinical findings and laboratory results and major pathology findings by colon investigation. Further, delay from patient´s first symptoms to finally diagnosis by colon investigation will also be registered and analysed.
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1,460 studies on the registry are indexed under Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; 437 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 750 is above the median of 139 across 645 observational studies indexed under Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
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All patients referred for colonoscopy, barium enema or CT Colonoscopy and willing to participate
Exclusion Criteria:
findings compared across investigation modes
Findings by one investigation compared to other
Time frame: events by dec 2014
Delayed diagnosis of CRC
Waiting times depending on accessibility of diagnostic methods
Time frame: events by dec 2014
Plan to share: No
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