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