Status:
TERMINATED
Endoscopy Screening for Esophageal Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital
Conditions:
Head and Neck Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Patients with head and neck cancer frequently develop synchronous or metachronous esophageal malignancies. Previous studies have demonstrated the efficacy of endoscopic screening for esophageal cancer...
Detailed Description
This is a prospective blinded controlled tandem endoscopy trial conducted in a regional medical center (Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Taiwan). Patients with tissue diagnosis of head and neck cancer are enro...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients with tissue diagnosis of head and neck cancer
- histopathology of head and neck cancer is carcinoma (including squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma or undifferentiated)
- aged more than 18 years old
- agree to under go upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Exclusion
- lack of written informed consent
- the origin of head and neck cancer is metastatic
- histopathology of head and neck cancer is not carcinoma (e.g., sarcoma, lymphoma, etc)
- incomplete upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00927446
Start Date
June 1 2009
End Date
April 1 2010
Last Update
October 19 2010
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Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital
Yilan, Taiwan, 265