The Northern-European Initiative on Colorectal Cancer (NordICC)
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| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00883792 |
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Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : April 20, 2009
Last Update Posted : June 19, 2017
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major burden in western countries. The disease develops from precursor lesions during a long time-interval. Colonoscopy can detect and remove CRC precursor lesions and may thus be effective for CRC prevention. Many national and international health organisations demand evidence from randomised trials to reduce incidence or mortality of the target disease before advocating population-wide cancer screening. However, while colonoscopy screening for the prevention of colorectal cancer is established in the United States and several European countries, no randomised trials exist to quantify the possible benefit of colonoscopy screening. NordICC is a randomised trial investigating the effect of colonoscopy on CRC incidence and mortality.
NordICC is a multicentre, randomised trial in Nordic countries, the Netherlands and Poland. A minimum of 66 000 individuals, age 55-64 years, are drawn randomly from the population registries in the participating countries. 22 000 are invited for once-only colonoscopy (2:1 randomisation). Expected work-load with 50% compliance will be 11,000 colonoscopies. At the screening examination, all detected lesions are biopsied and removed whenever possible. The remaining 44 000 individuals (control group) are not offered any screening examination (care as usual).The primary study aims are CRC incidence and CRC mortality after 15 years of follow-up, with an interim analysis after 10 years of follow-up. In an intention-to-treat approach, a risk reduction of CRC mortality of 25% in the colonoscopy screening group compared to the control group is expected after 10 years follow-up, estimating 50% compliance in the screening group.
| Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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| Colorectal Cancer | Procedure: Colonoscopy | Phase 3 |
| Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
| Actual Enrollment : | 95000 participants |
| Allocation: | Randomized |
| Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
| Masking: | None (Open Label) |
| Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
| Official Title: | NordICC The Northern-European Initiative on Colorectal Cancer |
| Study Start Date : | May 2009 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 2026 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 2036 |
| Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Colonoscopy screening
One-time colonoscopy is the screening tool used in this trial. All individuals in the screening group will be offered a full colonoscopy. At colonoscopy, all detected CRC precursor lesions will be removed, whenever possible.
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Procedure: Colonoscopy
Once-only colonoscopy screening |
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No Intervention: Control
The control group will not be offered any screening or intervention within the trial, but follow usual care in the participating countries. Individuals assigned to the control group will not be informed about their status as controls in the trial. This approach facilitates a truly population-based study, which will be used to estimate the effect of the screening intervention in the general population, mimicking national CRC screening programs. All ethics committees at the participating centres have approved the study protocol before recruiting individuals to the trial. In Sweden, the national ethics committee particularly reviewed the non-information of the control group and found it ethically acceptable. |
- Comparison of the screening group vs. the control group in an intention-to-treat model after 15 years of follow-up with regard to CRC mortality and CRC incidence [ Time Frame: 15 years after screening (interim analysis after 10 years) ]
- CRC mortality and CRC incidence of screening attendees compared to the control group and non-attendees [ Time Frame: 15 years after screening (interim analysis after 10 years) ]
- Mortality from all causes [ Time Frame: 15 years after screening (interim analysis after 10 years) ]
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| Ages Eligible for Study: | 55 Years to 64 Years (Adult) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- This study is a population-based randomised controlled trial, with randomisation of individuals age 55-64 years living in the screening areas directly from the Population Registries to either screening group or control group. Eligible persons with the same home address will be randomised to the same group (household randomisation).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals with previous colorectal surgery (resections, enterostomies)
- Individuals in need of long-lasting attention and nursing services (somatic or psychosocial, mental retardation).
- On-going cytotoxic treatment or radiotherapy for malignant disease
- Severe chronic (longer than trial duration) cardiac (NYHA III-IV)or lung disease
- Lifelong anticoagulant therapy with Warfarin
- A coronary event requiring hospitalization during the last 3 months
- A cerebrovascular event during the last 3 months
- Resident abroad
- Return of unopened letter of invitation and/or reminder (address unknown)
- Message from neighbour/family/post office on death of screenee (not updated in Population Registry)
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00883792
| United States, Massachusetts | |
| Harvard School of Public Health | |
| Boston, Massachusetts, United States | |
| United States, New York | |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | |
| New York, New York, United States | |
| Iceland | |
| Landspitali University Hospital | |
| Reykjavik, Iceland | |
| Netherlands | |
| Erasmus University Medical Center | |
| Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| Norway | |
| Oslo University Hospital | |
| Oslo, Norway | |
| Poland | |
| Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre | |
| Warsaw, Poland, 02-781 | |
| Sweden | |
| Karolinska Institute | |
| Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Study Director: | Hans-Olov Adami, MD PhD | Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA | |
| Principal Investigator: | Michael Bretthauer, MD PhD | Oslo University Hospital | |
| Principal Investigator: | Michal Filip Kaminski, MD PhD | Marie Cure Sklodowska Cancer Center |
| Responsible Party: | Michael Bretthauer, Professor, University of Oslo |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00883792 |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
NordICC |
| First Posted: | April 20, 2009 Key Record Dates |
| Last Update Posted: | June 19, 2017 |
| Last Verified: | June 2017 |
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Colorectal Neoplasms Intestinal Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |
Digestive System Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Colonic Diseases Intestinal Diseases Rectal Diseases |