Screening for Cancers in the Oral CAvity (IDECAB)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Oral Cavity Cancer

Treatments: Other: Invitation for oral cavity cancer screening

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01958762

PI2013_843_0010

2013-A00606-39 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the Somme region of France, cancer registry data showed an increasing incidence of oral cancer. The Incidence Rates in Somme as compared to the national rates for Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx Cancer were in 2010: 31,4/100 000 Standard population versus 18,2 /100 000 for male and 8,2/100 000 versus 5,5/100 000 for female, disaster area where action to improve early detection for smokers will be assessed. This target population consults late (as 70% of oral cavity cancers are diagnosed at a late stage (T3 or T4). This project is an innovative incentive strategy for screening among general practitioners based on unusual information vectors (tobacconist, local media).

The main objective of this study is a screening of oral cavity cancers in tobacco users aged 30-75 years in the Somme region of France.

Full description

Methodology:

• Education and alerting physicians to the early detection of cancers of oral cavity and coordination of networks involved for 1 year.
• Incentive period for the screening by the tobacconist who distributes with every package of cigarettes bought a flyer of invitation to the screening.
• Carrying out screening examinations by general practitioners with completion of the customized examination forms, orientation towards a specialist, data collection and evaluation.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any smoker who buys a pack of cigarettes over a period of two weeks in a tobacco shop located on the territory of the Somme
• lives in somme departement

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Screening for cancers in the oral cavity

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Invitation for oral cavity cancer screening