Microbiome-based Diagnostic Tool for the Screening of Colorectal Cancer (GUILTI)

Official record

Identifier

NCT06738173

Recruiting locations

country

Italy

Interventions studied

Gut microbiome testing

Lead sponsor

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Target enrolment

1202 participants

Study type

OBSERVATIONAL

Phase

Not provided in the official record

Status

Recruiting

First posted

Dec 17, 2024

Last updated on the registry

Aug 13, 2026

Age

50 Years – 74 Years

Sex

ALL

Study contact

The official record lists a study contact. Contact details are published there and are intentionally not copied to this page.

Eligibility criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the official record. Eligibility is decided by the study team, never by this page.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients participating in the national CRC screening program (50-74 years old)
* Positivity to the FIT;
* Ability to provide written informed consent and to be compliant with the study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients unfit for colonoscopy;
* Other oncological conditions;
* Concomitant severe comorbidities or gastrointestinal (GI) organic diseases (e.g. diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease);
* Antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors or probiotics within 4 weeks prior to enrollment.

Indexed under

Colorectal Cancer