Novel Biophotonics Methodology for Colon Cancer Screening
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Brief summary
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The study is testing a new, safe and effective way for the early detection of colon cancer. The method uses Low-coherence Enhanced Backscattering Spectroscopy (LEBS). This is an optic probe which is a small device that uses light (not laser) to assess the colon lining. This probe will be used before colonoscopy to identify subjects who do and do not have precancerous changes in the colon by capturing the light reflected back from the rectal wall and that will be assessed without the need for colonoscopy and bowel preparation (colon cleaning). This device may detect early cancerous changes in colon tissue with higher accuracy than current tests.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01999478
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 4,000 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 2008 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Feb 2015 (Actual)
- Completion
- Feb 2015 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Jun 13, 2016
2008 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 4
- U.S. cities
- 4
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles | California | 90033 | — |
| NorthShore University HealthSystem | Evanston | Illinois | 60201 | — |
| Northwestern Univeristy | Evanston | Illinois | 60208 | — |
| University of Indiana | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02118 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 13, 2016 · Synced Oct 20, 2026
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