Tailored scope schedule aims to cut cancer risk in FAP patients
NCT ID NCT04678011
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a personalized surveillance plan for people with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) who have had their colon removed. Instead of a fixed schedule, the timing of follow-up endoscopies (every 6 months to 2 years) is based on each person's polyp burden and past treatments. The goal is to see if this tailored approach keeps the rate of advanced polyps or cancer below 5% over 5 years. Up to 1,000 adults will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- personalized endoscopic surveillance protocol
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a tailored, safer follow-up schedule for FAP patients after surgery, lowering the chance of developing advanced polyps or cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational-style study without a control group, so it cannot prove the protocol is better than standard care. The 5-year follow-up may be too short to fully assess cancer prevention.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
All patients with FAP treated at one of the participating centres.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * Diagnosis of FAP, at least one of following: genetic diagnosis (proven APC germline mutation) and/or clinical diagnosis (\>100 colorectal adenomas in combination with a positive family history of FAP) * Have undergone prophylactic (procto)colectomy with IRA/ISA or IPAA * Age 18 years or older Exclusion Criteria: * Not able to remove all polyps with an indication for removal during (multiple) clearing endoscopies * Cancer at baseline endoscopy * Need for surgery
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Academic Medical Centre
RECRUITINGAmsterdam, North Holland, 1105AZ, Netherlands
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MD Anderson
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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