Norrköping Randomised Controlled Trial of Prostate Cancer Screening

ISRCTN ISRCTN06342431
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN06342431
Secondary identifying numbers 92044 (Linköping, Sweden, 1987)
Submission date
26/04/2010
Registration date
15/06/2010
Last edited
26/05/2011
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Cancer
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Eberhard Varenhorst
Scientific

Department of Urology
Linköpings Universitetssjukhus
581 91 Linköping
Linköping
581 91
Sweden

Phone +46 (0)11 18 33 32
Email varenhorst.eberhard@telia.com

Study information

Study designRandomised Controlled Trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeScreening
Participant information sheet Please contact Gabriel Sandblom [gabriel.sandblom@ki.se] to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleProstate screening for men aged 50-69 in Norrköping, Sweden: A twelve-year randomised controlled trial with twenty-year follow up
Study objectivesScreening for prostate cancer is cost effective, well accepted and reduces prostate cancer mortality
Ethics approval(s)Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Health Sciences in Linkoping (forskningsetikkommittén, Hälsouniversitetet i Linköping) approved on the 8th of April 1992 (ref: 92044)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedProstate Cancer
Intervention1494 men were randomly selected from a population of 9026 men aged 50-69 (the total male population of that age in the area).
Information was issued through local media and an invitation to screening sent to selected individuals.
Screening was conducted every third year from 1987-1996. Digital rectal examination only was performed in 1987 and 1990. PSA testing (cut-off level 4 ng/ml) was added in 1993 and 1996.
The total duration of follow up was 15-20 years.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureProstate Cancer mortality, determined by obtaining data from the Swedish Central Death Register on date and cause of death. Cause of death was also checked in the South-East
Region Prostate Cancer Register.
Secondary outcome measures1. Cost effectiveness, determined when twelve year survival data were accessible
2. Acceptance, assessed by questionnaires immediately after the screening examinations
3. Diagnostic accuracy
Further information on the outcomes and methods of assessment may be found in the publications below.
Overall study start date01/01/1987
Completion date31/12/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexMale
Target number of participants9000
Key inclusion criteriaMen aged 50–69 years in 1987 residing in Norrköping, Sweden.
Key exclusion criteriaDoes not meet inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment01/01/1987
Date of final enrolment31/12/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Sweden

Study participating centre

Department of Urology
Linköping
581 91
Sweden

Sponsor information

Research Council of Southeast Sweden (Forskningsrådet i Sydöstra Sverige) (Sweden)
Research council

Forskningsrådet i Sydöstra Sverige
581 91 Linköping
Sweden
Linköping
581 91
Sweden

Phone +46 (0)13 22 76 55
Email yvonne.h.jonsson@lio.se
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Funders

Funder type

Research council

The Research Council in the South–East Region of Sweden (Sweden) - (number F97-318)

No information available

The Swedish Cancer Foundation (Sweden)

No information available

County Council of Östergötland (Sweden)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 21/04/1990 Yes No
Results article results on cost effectiveness 01/12/1990 Yes No
Results article results 01/12/1992 Yes No
Results article results 01/08/1993 Yes No
Results article results 01/12/2004 Yes No
Results article 20 year follow up results 31/03/2011 Yes No