The Purpose of This Study is to Determine the Frequency of Colorectal Cancer in Male and Female Endurance Athletes Between the Ages of 35 and 50

Inova Health Care Services

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Other: prospective observational study - screening and follow up colonoscopy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05419531

U21-10-4567

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the frequency of colorectal cancer in male and female endurance athletes between the ages of 35 and 50.

Enrollment: 94 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult males and females 35-50 years of age

• Male and female self-reported endurance athletes, defined by at least one of the following:

  • Run at least two races of 50 miles or more
  • Run 5 races of 26.2 miles or more

• Ability to complete testing in the protocol and make study visits

• Able and willing to consent to protocol

Exclusion criteria

• Known or suspected history of inflammatory bowel disease, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), or Lynch Syndrome
• Concomitant illness that would prevent adequate patient assessment or in the investigators' opinion pose an added risk for study participants.
• Anticipated poor compliance
• Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated
• Persons with decisional incapacity/cognitive impairment
• Any history or evidence of severe illness or any other condition that would make the patient, in the opinion of the investigator unsuitable for the study
• Subject is involved with a worker's compensation, personal injury, or other legal matters related to their health
• Subject is enrolled in a separate interventional clinical trial