The GEOLynch Cohort Study

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-80
SponsorWageningen University

About this trial

The GEOLynch cohort study has been established to investigate the influence of genetic, environmental and other factors on tumour risk in persons with Lynch syndrome.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Persons with a known mutation in a gene that causes Lynch syndrome, i.e. with an inherited monoallelic pathogenic germline mutation in either the MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2 or EPCAM gene.

Aged between 18 and 80 years at inclusion.

Disqualifiers

Additional carrier of another hereditary colon cancer predisposition syndrome (e.g. FAP)

(Chronic) Inflammatory bowel disease

Non-Dutch speaking

Dementia or another mental condition that makes it impossible to fill out questionnaires

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • No intervention, observational study.

Treatment groups

1,000 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

Wageningen University

Lead sponsor

Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds

Collaborator

Dutch Cancer Society

Collaborator

Funding: Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure The Netherlands

Collaborator