Colon cancer test study pulled before it started
NCT ID NCT02151123
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study was designed to see how often the Metabiomics stool test fails to detect colon cancer in people already diagnosed and awaiting surgery. No one was enrolled because the study was withdrawn. The goal was to measure the test's false negative rate.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2019
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2020
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients diagnosed with colonic adenocarcinoma undergoing colectomy at University of Colorado
- Ages
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18 to 95 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC) and scheduled for colectomy * Male or female, * Age: 18-95 years, * Able to comprehend, sign, and date the written informed consent form (ICF), * Able to give informed consent in English * Women and minorities will be included. Exclusion Criteria: * History of Inflammatory Bowel Disease * Antibiotics within 2 weeks of sample collection. * Colonoscopy, colon prep or bowel contrast agent within 7 days prior to sample collection * Any radiation therapy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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