BEST-Australia: A Phase II Study of Non-Endoscopic Screening for Barretts Oesophagus in Primary Care

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/572636

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Barrett's oesophagus is common in people with heartburn and may progress to oesophageal cancer. Most cases of oesophageal cancer are diagnosed at a late stage when chances of survival are poor. Currently Barrett's is only diagnosed by endoscopy. We will test how effective and acceptable a non-endoscopic sponge capsule and novel laboratory test is at detecting Barrett's oesophagus early. This could potentially enable early detection of this pre-cancerous condition in general practice.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $513,481.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Primary Health Care

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Barrett's oesophagus | Non-endoscopic screening | Oesophageal cancer | early diagnosis | gastroenterology | immunohistochemistry | population screening | primary health care

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