Clinical trial · Observational
Measures to Increase the Effectiveness of Fast Track Colorectal Clinics for Iron Deficiency Anaemia.
Establishing Absolute Iron Deficiency Anaemia Before Referring Patients to Colorectal Fast Track Clinics Can Help to Increase the Diagnostic Yield of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
A retrospective cohort study was conducted from 2016-18 in a single busy district general hospital providing services to a population of 700,000 people. In the study, patients with true IDA (low MCV and ferritin) were found to be more likely to have Colorectal cancer compared to any other type of anaemia which confirmed the latest guidelines for management of IDA. Compared to symptoms, only the presence of a mass on abdominal examination and rectal examination was found to be more likely associated with cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonoscopy, gastroscopy, virtual colonoscopy, CT scan | Diagnostic Test | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- label
- Iron deficiency anaemia with bowel symptoms
- description
- Patients with IDA presenting with bowel symptoms like change in bowel habits, weight loss and abdominal mass other than rectal bleed
- interventionNames
- Diagnostic Test: Colonoscopy, gastroscopy, virtual colonoscopy, CT scan
- label
- Iron deficiency anaemia with no bowel symptoms
- description
- Patients with IDA with no bowel symptoms
- interventionNames
- Diagnostic Test: Colonoscopy, gastroscopy, virtual colonoscopy, CT scan
- label
- Iron deficiency anaemia with rectal bleeding
- description
- Patients with IDA and rectal bleeding
- interventionNames
- Diagnostic Test: Colonoscopy, gastroscopy, virtual colonoscopy, CT scan
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: \- Patients with age more than 18 years Presenting to fast track colorectal clinic 1. With bowel symptoms 2. Presenting with anaemia 3. Rectal bleeding Exclusion Criteria: * Any patient presenting through routine colorectal clinics 1. With bowel symptoms 2. Presenting with anaemia 3. Rectal bleeding Aged less than 18 years
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