NCT06669923

Understanding Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) and Colorectal Cancer (CRC)

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) and Racial Disparities of Right Vs Left Colon Epigenetic Aging

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Virginia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will recruit and consent approximately 120 subjects in the baseline study until the follow-up study recruitment goals of 20 subjects is met. This pilot proposal to: Aim 1) assess the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial of iSIPsmarter among high-risk patients with newly detected large colorectal adenoma to reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) consumption, and Aim 2) examine the investigators' central hypothesis that SSBs contribute to racial disparities in the development of side-specific colon neoplasia via differentially impacting epigenetic aging and methylation of right vs. left normal colon tissues of African-Americans (AA) vs European-Americans (EA). In order to do so, the investigators will first conduct a study to collect baseline information from eligible and interested participants. Behavioral, lifestyle, and genetic information will be collected from participants undergoing a colonoscopy with large polypectomy removal to set up a biobank. The participants enrolled in this study will then be screened for their interest and eligibility in participating in the follow-up study, a randomized iSIPsmarter intervention trial. The investigators will enroll 20 patients in the follow-up study (1:1 ratio intervention vs. control; equal number of AAs and EAs) with newly detected/resected large colorectal adenomas to collect normal colon tissue biopsies pre- and post-iSIPsmarter intervention and test the investigators' hypotheses.

Conditions

• Colorectal Neoplasms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	iSIPsmarter Program	web-based behavioral intervention to reduce sugary drink intake
BEHAVIORAL	Patient Education	website with information about cancer screening and prevention (e.g. screening tests for seven types of cancer)

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-15
• Primary completion: 2029-11-15
• Completion: 2030-11-15
• First posted: 2024-11-01
• Last updated: 2024-11-01