Oral Cancer Screening and Education in Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia; Oral Erythroplakia; Erosive Lichen Planus; Oral Cancer; Oral Submucous Fibrosis; Oral Leukoplakia

Treatments: Other: No intervention utilised

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04487938

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be conducted to obtain data on oral cancer risk factors to generate machine learning models with good predictive accuracy for stratifying individuals with high-oral cancer risk and delineating high-risk and low-risk oral lesions. Likewise, this study will seek to provide oral cancer-related health education and training on oral-self-examination for beneficiaries

Enrollment: 3,190 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy individuals satisfying age and residential area criteria with no previous history of oral cancer. Individuals with a history of other cancers will be included in the study provided they have been in remission for more than three years.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants with reduced mouth opening (irrespective of the cause) to permit proper administration of VOE or photosensitive epilepsy will be excluded. Likewise, those who decline the provision of written consent or participation in any part of the study.

Trial design

3,190 participants in 2 patient groups

Tobacco use and/or alcohol consumption

Treatment:

Other: No intervention utilised

No tobacco use and/or alcohol consumption

Treatment:

Other: No intervention utilised