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Minimally Invasive Approaches for the Diagnosis of Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer, SOS5C Trial

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Status

Begins enrollment this month

Conditions

Barrett Esophagus
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Treatments

Other: Computer-Assisted Intervention
Other: Cancer Screening
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Other: Navigation
Behavioral: Health Risk Assessment
Procedure: Endoscopic Procedure

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT07206589
NCI-2025-06682 (Registry Identifier)
R01CA241164 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
25-002435 (Other Identifier)
SOS5C (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial studies how well minimally invasive approaches (an artificial intelligence [AI] powered risk tool, nurse navigation, and a sponge on a string [SOS] test) work in diagnosing patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE) and esophageal cancer. Esophageal cancer has a poor 5-year survival rate when diagnosed after onset of symptoms. While rising, incidence of esophageal cancer remains too low to screen the entire population. BE is a condition in which the cells lining the lower part of the esophagus have changed or been replaced with abnormal cells that could lead to esophageal cancer. Currently, patients are screened for BE based on certain risk factors (reflux, age > 50 years, White race, family history of esophageal cancer, obesity, male sex, and smoking), followed by endoscopies and surgery for treatment. These standard procedures may result in under-recognition of BE risk due to inaccurate and difficult to use risk assessment tools, high cost, invasiveness, low access to endoscopy, and sub-optimal recognition of abnormal cells during routing endoscopy. An AI powered risk tool that integrates symptoms, health history, and laboratory values from electronic health record data may more accurately assess BE and esophageal cancer risk that manual assessment. The BE-SOS screening test combines a swallowable cell collection device with assessment of DNA, which may more accurately diagnose abnormal cells. Nurse navigation involves trained personnel assisting individuals through the screening process and completing the follow-up diagnostic test if the screening test is positive. Navigators address cultural, social, access, and logistical barriers to screening. Nurse navigation may increase completion rates of diagnostic procedures following a positive screening test. These minimally invasive approaches may enable higher rates of BE screening than currently being accomplished.

Enrollment

1,010 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 85 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Adult patients 18-85 years old
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A INTERVENTION CLUSTERS: BE Risk Tool Score > 0.087, indicating a higher risk for BE/esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). This will be run as a web-based application integrating data from several domains in the electronic health record (EPIC). Output score will range from 0-1.
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A CONTROL CLUSTERS: Meeting American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) screening criteria (gastroesophageal reflux disease [GERD]+ > 2 BE risk factors: Age ≥ 50 years, Male sex, Caucasian race, obesity [body mass index (BMI) > 30], ever smoker, family history of BE/EAC)
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: A "low risk" BE risk tool score (< 0.0897)

Exclusion criteria

  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: History of Barrett's esophagus or esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Prior endoscopy in the last 10 years
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients who are unable to consent
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients with a current history of uninvestigated dysphagia
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: History of eosinophilic esophagitis, achalasia
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients on oral anticoagulation including Coumadin, Warfarin unless discontinued for five days prior to the sponge procedure
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients on antiplatelet agents including Clopidogrel, unless discontinued for five days prior to the sponge procedure
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients on oral thrombin inhibitors including Dabigatran and oral factor Xa inhibitors such as rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban, unless discontinued for five days prior to the sponge procedure
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients with a history of known varices or cirrhosis
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients with a history of esophageal or gastric resection for esophageal or gastric carcinoma
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients with congenital or acquired bleeding diatheses
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients with a history of esophageal squamous dysplasia or esophageal squamous carcinoma
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1A: Patients with limited life expectancy (< 2 years): per provider judgement
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: History of Barrett's esophagus or esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Prior endoscopy in the last 10 years
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients who are unable to consent
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients with a current history of uninvestigated dysphagia
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: History of eosinophilic esophagitis, achalasia
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients on oral anticoagulation including Coumadin, Warfarin unless discontinued for five days prior to procedure
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients on antiplatelet agents including Clopidogrel, unless discontinued for five days prior to procedure
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients on oral thrombin inhibitors including Dabigatran and oral factor Xa inhibitors such as rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban, unless discontinued for five days prior to procedure
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients with a history of known varices or cirrhosis
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients with a history of esophageal or gastric resection for esophageal or gastric carcinoma
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients with congenital or acquired bleeding diatheses
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients with a history of esophageal squamous dysplasia or esophageal squamous carcinoma
  • SPECIFIC AIM 1B: Patients with limited life expectancy (< 2 years): per provider judgement

Trial design

Primary purpose

Screening

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

1,010 participants in 6 patient groups

Arm 1 (T1 SOC, T2-T4 Intervention)
Experimental group
Description:
Family Medicine Care Teams in Cluster A provide SOC procedures during T1 consisting of the following: 1) Care teams manually assess BE risk for patients, and patients meeting ACG criteria are recommended to undergo BE screening with BE-SOS test followed by endoscopy (only if BE-SOS positive). Family Medicine Care Teams in Cluster A then provide intervention procedures during T2, T3, and T4 consisting of the following: 1) Care teams utilize RN navigators that assist in using the AI powered BE Risk Tool to assess patients' BE risk; 2) Patients with AI powered BE Risk Tool high risk result undergo BE-SOS test with RN navigator assistance; 3) Patients with positive BE-SOS test results then undergo endoscopy with RN navigator facilitation.
Treatment:
Procedure: Endoscopic Procedure
Behavioral: Health Risk Assessment
Other: Navigation
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Other: Computer-Assisted Intervention
Other: Cancer Screening
Arm 2 (T1 SOC, T2-T4 Intervention)
Experimental group
Description:
Family Medicine Care Teams in Cluster B provide SOC procedures as in Arm 1 during T1, followed by intervention procedures as in Arm 1 during T2, T3, and T4.
Treatment:
Procedure: Endoscopic Procedure
Behavioral: Health Risk Assessment
Other: Navigation
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Other: Computer-Assisted Intervention
Other: Cancer Screening
Arm 3 (T1-T2 SOC, T3-T4 Intervention)
Experimental group
Description:
Family Medicine Care Teams in Cluster C provide SOC procedures as in Arm 1 during T1 and T2, followed by intervention procedures as in Arm 1 during T3 and T4.
Treatment:
Procedure: Endoscopic Procedure
Behavioral: Health Risk Assessment
Other: Navigation
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Other: Computer-Assisted Intervention
Other: Cancer Screening
Arm 4 (T1-T2 SOC, T3-T4 Intervention)
Experimental group
Description:
Family Medicine Care Teams in Cluster D provide SOC procedures as in Arm 1 during T1 and T2, followed by intervention procedures as in Arm 1 during T3 and T4.
Treatment:
Procedure: Endoscopic Procedure
Behavioral: Health Risk Assessment
Other: Navigation
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Other: Computer-Assisted Intervention
Other: Cancer Screening
Arm 5 (T1-T3 SOC, T4 Intervention)
Experimental group
Description:
Family Medicine Care Teams in Cluster E provide SOC procedures as in Arm 1 during T1, T2, and T3, followed by intervention procedures as in Arm 1 during T4.
Treatment:
Procedure: Endoscopic Procedure
Behavioral: Health Risk Assessment
Other: Navigation
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Other: Computer-Assisted Intervention
Other: Cancer Screening
Arm 6 (T1-T3 SOC, T4 Intervention)
Experimental group
Description:
Family Medicine Care Teams in Cluster F provide SOC procedures as in Arm 1 during T1, T2, and T3, followed by intervention procedures as in Arm 1 during T4.
Treatment:
Procedure: Endoscopic Procedure
Behavioral: Health Risk Assessment
Other: Navigation
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Other: Computer-Assisted Intervention
Other: Cancer Screening

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Ramona Lansing; Clinical Trials Referral Office

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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