Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT05520385 |
Other study ID # |
colorectal CA |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
January 1, 2016 |
Est. completion date |
February 1, 2019 |
Study information
Verified date |
September 2022 |
Source |
Al-Kindy Teaching Hospital |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Observational
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Clinical Trial Summary
Aim of study: is there possibility of relationship between ABO blood group, Rh & obesity with
CRC, that is what we tried to show in this study .
Description:
Cancer is an important leading cause of great psychosocial and economic burden worldwide and
about 1.23 million individual annually affected by CRC which is considered as the most common
type of cancer ( 9.7 % of overall cancers )and 8 % ( 608,000 case ) died with CRC overall
cancer death cases , so it's the fourth most common cause of death among different types of
cancer .
There is variability in distribution of cases worldwide , as explained by epidemiological
data which showed about 60 % of CRC cases presented in developed countries ( 2 % per year )
while in developing countries there is annual increase in the incidence of CRC cases with
proportion occurring among patients with age ≤ 40 years is 2 - 8 percent in western countries
while in middle east region its about 15 - 35 percent and the incidence rate is less in
female than in male with favorable female gender as a prognostic factor over male .
There are three different risk groups for CRC, these are FAP, hereditary nonpolyposis colon
cancer syndrome (lynch syndrome), and genetic mutations that lead to sporadic colon cancer .
The exact cause is unclear but many factors are involved including environmental and genetic
. About 24 % of the cases with CRC are due to genetic factors while 75 % of the cases are
sporadic and 1 % in patients with pre -existing IBD . Those who immigrates to area with high
incidence of CRC from low incidence area may prone to develop CRC which may be related to
consumption of red meat and decrease physical activity .
The environmental factors including dietary factors like : Lack of fiber , high-fat diet and
exposure of mucosa to high levels of bile acids due to impairment of enterohepatic
circulation which leading to form carcinogens from degradation of bile salts while previous
cholecystectomy has not been proved to be risk for developing CRC .
Regarding genetic factors, there are several genes among them Tumor suppressor genes (e.g.
APC, p53 ) , Oncogenes (e.g Ras) and Mismatch-repair genes (e.g hMSH2 and hMLH1) were
identified as contributing to hereditary colorectal cancer .
Here in this study two factors will be discussed with their relation to development of CRC ,
those factors are ABO blood group , Rh factor and the other one is obesity and as following :
Actually , the first human genetic marker are antigens of the ABO system despite of they are
a chemical component on erythrocyte membrane but showing expression on variety of epithelial
cells including the mucosa of gastrointestinal tract, that was the leading cause observation
studies on any correlation between ABO blood group , Rh with tumor .
From first studies, Aird et al in 1953 who reported a correlation between ABO Rh factor and
carcinoma of stomach , also recently a significant association with pancreatic tumor had been
reported . In addition to many studies showed a relationship between ABO antigen expression
and CRC .
Regarding the obesity , about billion of people are now suffering from obesity worldwide
which is considered as one of the strongest factors affecting many health conditions among
them some cancers & the prevalence of obesity is rising in many Asian countries including
Japan but still lower than western countries .
Many epidemiological studies identified high body mass index as independent risk factor for
CRC , some of these studies in western countries showing a significant association between
BMI and risk of CRC .