Health Habits and Cancer Risk Comparison Among Migrant Sri Lankans and Sri Lankans
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Official title
Health Habits and Cancer Risk Among a US Migrant Sri Lankan Population and a Comparison With Siblings Living in Sri Lanka
Brief summary
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Objectives: General objective: To determine how acculturation to United States has influenced the health and cancer risk among a US migrant Sri Lankan population. Specific objectives: 1. To determine the prevalence of cancer and cancer related non-communicable diseases among Sri Lankan Sinhalese living in the greater Houston area. 2. To study the distribution of risk factors for cancer in this population. 3. To study the pattern of utilization of methods available for early detection of cancer in this population. 4. To study and compare the findings of this survey with that of the siblings of this population living in Sri Lanka.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00476580
- Recruitment status
- Withdrawn
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 31, 2007
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2015
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2015
- Last update posted
- Aug 27, 2015
2007 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services | Houston | Texas | 77054 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last update posted Aug 27, 2015 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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