Clinical trial
Exogenous and Endogenous Risk Factors for Early-onset Colorectal Cancer
Recruiting now · Not applicable · 6 countries · Registry ID NCT05732623
What this study is about
An increase in early-onset colorectal cancers (eoCRC), defined as a CRC before 50 years, is confirmed globally. CRC pathogenesis has been associated with several risk factors (family history, germline pathogenic variants, obesity, alcohol, physical activity, red meat, and a Western diet). Design: an international, multicenter, retrospective case-control study of prospectively enrolled patients; low-risk intervention study as it will perform a fecal occult blood test Endpoint: predictive power of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (SQFFQ) developed for eoCRC. Cases: Patients with a recent diagnosis of eoCRC (within 2 years from enrollment). Controls: matched by age (matching range ± 5 years) and sex. Healthy volunteers will be mainly enrolled among workers within the participating hospital center. The enrolled healthy volunteers will perform a fecal occult blood test. Variables of interest: age, sex, ethnicity, BMI at the time of eoCRC diagnosis and at 18 years old, country, tobacco smoking at the time of eoCRC diagnosis and at 18 years old, sitting time, TV-viewing time, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), waist circumference (cm), home blood pressure levels (mmHg), fasting blood glucose (mg/dl), regular consumption of aspirin/NSAID, calcium and folate supplements, oral contraceptive agents, post-menopausal hormones and years of consumptions, if the filled questionnaire reflects diet for the last 5-10 years before. Cases only: date of eoCRC diagnosis, symptoms at diagnosis, eoCRC localization, eoCRC stage, histological diagnosis, type of surgery, and date (if performed), chemotherapy and radiotherapy (if performed), vital status and duration of follow-up, family history of CRC and other cancers (uterus, ovary, stomach, small intestine, urinary tract/bladder/kidney, bile ducts, brain, pancreas, skin tumors), type of germline pathogenetic variant (if performed). Before the case-control study, three non-consecutive 24-hour Dietary Recalls (24hDRs) will validate the SQFFQ. The SQFFQ will be administered to the validation study group during three non-consecutive calls, including one non-weekday (30-minute 24-h-recall computer-aided personal interview). Primary Objective To measure the relative risk of specific dietary and lifestyle factors (smoking habit, alcohol intake, physical activity) for early-onset colorectal cancer in countries where eoCRC incidence is increasing versus stable/decreasing
Basic eligibility
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Treatments and study arms
Semi Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (SQFFQ)
The SQFFQ quantifies the frequency of consumption of each food and drink and the following list of variables: * date of birth * sex * ethnicity * weight (kg) * height (m) * BMI (kg/m2) at the time of eoCRC diagnosis and at 18 years old * country where they live permanently * tobacco smoking at the time of eoCRC diagnosis and at 18 years old * sitting time * TV-viewing time * moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) * waist circumference (cm) * home blood pressure levels (mmHg) * fasting blood glucose (mg/dl) * regular consumption of aspirin/NSAID and years of consumptions * calcium and folate supplements and years of consumptions * oral contraceptive agents and years of consumptions * post-menopausal hormones and years of consumptions
Primary outcomes
To quantify the relative risk of early-onset colorectal cancer for specific dietary and lifestyle risk factors (including the risk for eoCRC for * tobacco smoking at the time of eoCRC diagnosis and at 18 years old * alcohol consumption * physical activity * sex * ethnicity * BMI at the time of eoCRC diagnosis and at 18 years old * country of origin * Daily sitting time * Daily TV-viewing time * Daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) * waist circumference (cm) * home blood pressure levels (mmHg) * Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl) * Regular consumption of aspirin/NSAID * Regular consumption of calcium and folate supplements * Regular use of oral contraceptive agents and years of consumptions * Regular use of post-menopausal hormones and years of consumptions Results will be stratified by countries where the incidence of eoCRC is increasing versus stable/decreasing
Study locations
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