Screening for Prostate Cancer in Older Patients (PLCO Screening Trial)
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00002540. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00002540
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- NIH
- Enrollment
- 76,685 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Other
- Medical Examination Assessment Procedure
- Screening Questionnaire Administration Other
Other · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 55 Years to 74 Years
- Sex
- Male
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 15, 1993
- Primary completion
- May 20, 2012
- Completion
- Jun 29, 2027
- Last update posted
- Apr 27, 2026
1993 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Institutes of Health Clinical Center | Bethesda | Maryland | 20892 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 27, 2026 · Synced Apr 29, 2026
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