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A randomised controlled trial of faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer
ISRCTN ISRCTN11631712
DOI 10.1186/ISRCTN11631712
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
EudraCT number
Public title A randomised controlled trial of faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer
Scientific title
Acronym N/A
Serial number at source G8317732/G9826520
Study hypothesis Demonstrate possible reduction in mortality from screening for colorectal cancer
Lay summary
Ethics approval Not provided at time of registration.
Study design Randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Cancer
Participants - inclusion criteria Population aged 50-74 years (June 06: changed from 50-75 years)
Participants - exclusion criteria Colorectal cancer within 5 yrs of entry date/GPs discretion
Anticipated start date 01/01/1984
Anticipated end date 30/09/2009
Status of trial Completed
Patient information material
Target number of participants 152,000
Interventions Haemoccult faecal occult blood screening test/control
Primary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration.
Secondary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration.
Sources of funding Medical Research Council (UK)
Trial website
Publications 1. 1996 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8942775
2. 2002 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12010887
Contact name Prof  JH  Scholefield
  Address Section of Surgery
Floor E, West Block
Queen's Medical Centre
  City/town Nottingham
  Zip/Postcode NG7 2UH
  Country United Kingdom
  Email
Sponsor Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
  Address 20 Park Crescent
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode W1B 1AL
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)20 7636 5422
  Fax +44 (0)20 7436 6179
  Email clinical.trial@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
  Sponsor website: http://www.mrc.ac.uk
Date applied 06/04/2000
Last edited 27/07/2009
Date ISRCTN assigned 06/04/2000
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