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Group 1, surveillance colonoscopy in two years after the last complete colonoscopy in SPS patient.

Group 2, surveillance colonoscopy in three years after the last complete colonoscopy in SPS patient.

Colonoscopy surveillance in SPS patient after 3 years of the last colonoscopy.

Colonoscopy

Jorge López Vicente

The aim of the study is to determine if Serrated Poliposis Syndrome (SPS) patients with SPS criteria 2, with clearing phase achieved and without any advanced lesion or less than 5 relevant lesions at last colonoscopy have the same advanced neoplasia incidence in the surveillance colonoscopy at 2 or 3 years.

Patients selected for the study will be randomised in two groups for the surveillance: group 1, surveillance with colonoscopy in two years; group 2, surveillance with colonoscopy in three years. Randomization will be done at the database program (RedCAP).

All colonoscopies will be performed with high definition (HD) system and it will be the choice of the endoscopist whether to use chromoendoscopy with indigo carmine o virtual chromoendoscopy. Protocol bowel preparation will be recommended by each centre. Sedation will be prescribed and decided by the endoscopist during the examination.

Data from all the resected and visualized lesions during the colonoscopy will be collected on the database. A pathologist familiarized with serrated lesions will be in charge of the sample analysis. Serrated lesions will be classified attending de WHO criteria for serrated lesions. The investigators define "advanced adenoma" as adenomas ≥10 mm with villous histology and/or with high grade of dysplasia (HGD). The investigators define "advanced SL" as any SL ≥10mm and any SL with dysplasia. The investigators also define "advanced neoplasia" as any colorectal cancer (CRC), any advanced adenoma or advanced Serrated Lesions (SL).

Quality of bowel cleansing will be graded by each endoscopist following the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale. This scale evaluates each segment (ascending colon, transverse colon and descending colon) of the following form: 0 = segment of colon whose mucosa cannot be seen due to the existence of solid stools that cannot be eliminated; 1 = mucosa portion of a colonic segment that can be seen, but other areas of the colonic segment are not seen, either due to the presence of dirt, feces or opaque liquid; 2 = existence of small amount of dirt, small fragments of stool and / or opaque liquid, but the mucosa of the colonic segment can be seen well; 3 = all the mucosa of the colonic segment can be seen well without residual dirt, small traces of stool or opaque liquid. Patients with inadequate preparation (when in any segment the score is 0 or 1, or the total score is less than 6) will be excluded from the study.

During colonoscopy all complications as post-polypectomy bleeding, perforation or cardio-respiratory events will be registered. Those complications will be considered if surgery or hospital admission is required.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most frequent neoplasm in developed countries considering both sexes and is the second in terms of cancer mortality. The incidence of the CRC is increasing in all developed countries. Detection of precancerous lesions (colon polyps) or malignant lesions (adenocarcinoma) in early stages in screening programs improves the prognosis and decreases the mortality of these patients. Serrated polyposis syndrome (SPS) is the most common colorectal polyposis syndrome and is characterized by the combination of large and/or numerous serrated lesions (SL) throughout the colorectum. There are three different types of SLs described: hyperplastic polyps (HP), sessile serrated lesions (SSL) and traditional serrated adenomas (TSA).

In 2010 the world health organization (WHO) defined the clinical criteria for the SPS diagnosis: criteria I, any patient with ≥ 5 serrated lesions proximal to the sigma, two of them\> 1 cm in size; criteria II, any first degree relative of a SPS patient with at least one serrated lesion; criteria II, any patient with ≥20 serrated lesions throughout the colon. This criteria were reviewed in 2019 and criteria II was eliminated. The new criteria are: criteria 1, any patient with ≥ 5 SL proximal to the rectum, all ≥5 mm in size, with at least 2 lesions ≥10 mm in size; criteria 2, any patient with \>20 SL of any size distributed throughout the colon, with ≥5 lesions proximal to the rectum.

In recent years, a new pathway in the development of colorectal adenocarcinoma have been described, the "serrated pathway". It is associated with mutations in BRAF and KRAS genes, the existence of hypermethylation in the promoter regions "CpG island" and microsatellite instability phenotype caused by methylation of the MLH-1 gene. This new pathway has a faster progression from the serrated polyp to the CRC in comparison with the classic "adenoma-carcinoma" pathway, hence the importance of detecting and removing these lesions in patients with SPS.

CRC prevalence in patients diagnosed with SPS is 15-35%, according to different studies, and the probability at 5 years of developing a CRC is around 1.3-1.9%. During surveillance, the incidence of advanced neoplasia (advanced adenoma or advanced serrated lesions) at 3 years is 13% for adenomas and 42 for serrated lesions. Risk factors for developing CRC and advanced neoplasia have been described in several studies. One of these factors is the SPS criteria 2, which has been demonstrated as a low risk of CRC and advanced neoplasia during surveillance of SPS patients. Detecting more than two sessile serrated lesions proximal to the spleenic flexure, one sessile serrated lesion with high grade of dysplasia and the detection of advanced neoplasia in previous colonoscopies, are all risk factors of developing advanced neoplasia during surveillance. A recent multicentre prospective study established SPS patient surveillance according to lesions detected at last colonoscopy. Individuals with at least one advanced adenoma, an advanced serrated lesion or more than 5 relevant lesions (sessile serrated lesions, adenomas of any size or hyperplastic polyps more than 5 mm) were followed at one year. Patients with no lesions mentioned before were followed at 2 years with colonoscopy. Advanced neoplasia incidence in 2 years recommendation surveillance was 15.6% compared with 24.4% in the 1 year recommendation surveillance. CRC cumulative 5 years incidence was 1.3%. Regarding SPS type, the 5 years advanced neoplasia incidence was lower for patients with SPS criteria III of 2010 (26%) than for patients diagnosed with criteria I (53%) or criteria I and III (59%). In this study patients starting their surveillance with clearing phase achieved (clear colon of all polyps ≥5mm and all polyps with the optical aspect of adenoma, TSA or SSL) were at low risk of advanced neoplasia than patients without this phase achieve prior to study inclusion (HR: 0.64; p\<0.047).

With all the above described, the investigators can define a SPS patient with low risk of advanced neoplasia during surveillance: those patients with SPS criteria 2, with clearing phase achieved and without any advanced lesion or less than 5 relevant lesions at last colonoscopy.

The Spanish Society of Gastroenterology (AEG) recommends surveillance with colonoscopies in 1-3 years interval for SPS patient, as it does the European Society of Digestive Oncology (ESDO). The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) recommends surveillance at 1 o 2 years depending on the last colonoscopy findings, annually in case of any advanced adenoma or serrated lesion or ≥5 relevant lesions (adenomas, SSL or HP≥5mm) were removed, and two surveillance in all other cases. The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) recommends annually surveillance for SPS patients until all serrated lesions ≥ are removed, and then 2 year-surveillance. All these Guidelines mention the limited evidence to support their recommendations and the need for prospective studies to evaluate them. As well many authors have expressed the possibility of extending the surveillance to 3 or even 5 years in low risk patients.

The aim of the study is to determine if SPS patients with SPS criteria 2, with clearing phase achieved and without any advanced lesion or less than 5 relevant lesions at last colonoscopy have the same advanced neoplasia incidence in the surveillance colonoscopy at 2 or 3 years.

Patients selected for the study will be randomised in two groups for the surveillance: group 1, surveillance with colonoscopy in two years; group 2, surveillance with colonoscopy in three years. Randomization will be done at the database program (RedCAP).

All colonoscopies will be performed with high definition (HD) system and it will be the choice of the endoscopist whether to use chromoendoscopy with indigo carmine o virtual chromoendoscopy. Protocol bowel preparation will be recommended by each centre. Sedation will be prescribed and decided by the endoscopist during the examination.

Data from all the resected and visualized lesions during the colonoscopy will be collected on the database. A pathologist familiarized with serrated lesions will be in charge of the sample analysis. Serrated lesions will be classified attending de WHO criteria for serrated lesions. The investigators define "advanced adenoma" as adenomas ≥10 mm with villous histology and/or with high grade of dysplasia (HGD). The investigators also define "advanced SL" as any SL ≥10mm and any SL with dysplasia. The investigators define "advanced neoplasia" as any CRC, any advanced adenoma or advanced SL.

Quality of bowel cleansing will be graded by each endoscopist following the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale. This scale evaluates each segment (ascending colon, transverse colon and descending colon) of the following form: 0 = segment of colon whose mucosa cannot be seen due to the existence of solid stools that cannot be eliminated; 1 = mucosa portion of a colonic segment that can be seen, but other areas of the colonic segment are not seen, either due to the presence of dirt, feces or opaque liquid; 2 = existence of small amount of dirt, small fragments of stool and / or opaque liquid, but the mucosa of the colonic segment can be seen well; 3 = all the mucosa of the colonic segment can be seen well without residual dirt, small traces of stool or opaque liquid. Patients with inadequate preparation (when in any segment the score is 0 or 1, or the total score is less than 6) will be excluded from the study.

During colonoscopy all complications as post-polypectomy bleeding, perforation or cardio-respiratory events will be registered. Those complications will be considered if surgery or hospital admission is required.

SAMPLE SIZE CALCULATION This is a randomized controlled study for evaluating a non inferiority strategy in the surveillance of SPS type 2 patients, between colonoscopy in 2 years and colonoscopy in 3 years, with the incidence of advanced neoplasia as the principal aim of the study. In the study from the Netherlands, Bleijenberg and col., the incidence of advanced neoplasia in patients at 2 years surveillance was of 15%. The investigators assume an acceptable increase of advanced neoplasia at 3 years surveillance of 25%, so the margin for no inferiority is 10% between the two groups. Accepting the type I error with an unilateral contrast of 0.025, beta risk of 0.2 (power 80% ) and considering a 10% of lost patients, 69 patients in each group (136 in total) are needed to detect significance differences between the two groups.

STUDY VARIABLES:

* Demographic variables: Hospital, identification number (number assigned to each hospital and consecutive number of each patient), date of birth, sex, SPS criteria (according to WHO classification and actualized in2019: 1 or 2), date of the last colonoscopy, number and type of lesions resected at the last colonoscopy, number of previous colonoscopies, number of polyps removed so far (low risk, high risk and serrated lesions), colon surgery (yes/no) and type of surgery (right colectomy, left colectomy, low anterior resection, segmental colectomy or others), smoker (yes/no/prev).
* Variables of the procedure: date of the procedure, bowel preparation according to BBPS scale 14, study arm (Colonoscopy in2 years/Colonoscopy inn3 years), number and description of lesions resected during the procedure describing its size, shape according to Paris classification15, location of the lesions, distance to the anal margin. Inspection time in each exploration (with stopwatch and without counting the therapeutic moments). Complications during the procedure (bleeding, perforation or cardio-respiratory events).

NECESSARY RESOURCES:

The colonoscopy and polypectomy will be done in the usual clinical care practice.

This protocol does not require additional funding. The explorations will be carried out by the researchers who are staff doctors of the Digestive Endoscopy Units. The effort, the minimum marginal expenses that may lead to the prolongation of the exploration and the collection of data will be assumed by the researchers and the Digestive Endoscopy Units.

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS:

This protocol follows the ethical principles of non-malfeasance, beneficence, autonomy and justice included in the Declaration of Helsinki (last update, Seoul 2008) 17, as well as in law 41/2002 on patient autonomy18 and research law 14/2007 biomedical19. The personal and clinical data of the patients will be anonymized.

Patients selected for the study will be randomised in two groups for the surveillance: group 1, surveillance with colonoscopy in two years; group 2, surveillance with colonoscopy in three years.

Endoscopic Surveillance in Serrated Polyposis Syndrome and Low-risk of Advanced Neoplasia

Endoscopic Surveillance in Patients With Serrated Polyposis Syndrome and Low-risk of Advanced Neoplasia.

Number of CCR and advanced neoplasia detected in SPS patients with low risk factors of advanced neoplasia during surveillance after a 2 year colonoscopy.

Number of CCR and advanced neoplasia detected in SPS patients with low risk factors of advanced neoplasia during surveillance after a 3 year colonoscopy.

Hospital Universitario de Móstoles

Principal Investigator

This study uses only one arm. All patients in this intervention arm will be surveyed using the aforementioned study protocol, which means patients will undergo a colonoscopy (or sigmoidoscopy in patients with previous subtotal colectomy) with surveillance intervals of either 1 or 2 years, depending on the amount and type of polyps resected during previous surveillance.

Patients will undergo surveillance colonoscopies, with intervals of 1 or 2 years depending on the amount and type of polyps resected during last colonoscopy.

In case patients underwent subtotal colectomy, the term 'colonoscopy' should be replaced with 'sigmoidoscopy'.

Evelien Dekker, MD PhD

Serrated polyposis syndrome (SPS) is a condition characterized by the presence of multiple serrated polyps (SPs) spread throughout the colorectum and is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). SPS is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the presence of at least 5 SPs proximal to the sigmoid colon, of which 2 ≥10 mm in size (WHO criterion 1), the presence of at least 1 SP proximal to the sigmoid and a first degree relative with SPS (WHO criterion 2), or more than 20 SPs spread throughout the colon (WHO-criterion-3). In practice only WHO 1 and WHO 3 criteria are used.

The condition seems rather common and more prevalent than other polyposis syndromes such as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) (1:13.000).

Several retrospective studies have shown that patients with SPS have an increased risk of developing CRC during endoscopic surveillance. Close endoscopic surveillance to prevent malignant progression of polyps has therefore been advised by several expert groups. However, due to a shortage of prospective data the optimal treatment and surveillance approach is largely unknown.

The current study aims to prospectively evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of a personalized surveillance protocol for patients with SPS to prevent CRC that is being used in several Dutch and Spanish hospitals. Furthermore, the polyp burden, colonoscopy complication risk and rate of conversion from endoscopic surveillance to colorectal surgery will be examined.

For this purpose, all eligible SPS patients are prospectively enrolled 2013 onwards, and surveyed according to the study protocol. Based on the amount and characteristics of the polyps encountered during surveillance colonoscopy, the next colonoscopy will be scheduled after either 1 year or 2 years.

Patients will undergo surveillance after 1 year in case of:

* Advanced adenoma (≥ 10 mm and/or high-grade dysplasia and/or 25% villous component)
* Serrated polyp ≥ 10mm and/or SP containing dysplasia
* Cumulative ≥5 sessile serrated polyps (SSPs) (irrespective of size), adenomas (irrespective of size) and/or hyperplastic polyps (HPs) ≥5mm
* Surgery needed during previous (clearing or surveillance) endoscopy

Patients will undergo surveillance after 2 years in case none of above is reached

This study has an international multi-centre prospective cohort design. The study will be directed by the Academic Medical Centre (AMC), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Population base All patients treated at one of the participating centres will be eligible for this study.

Protocol violations Incomplete endoscopic excision of polyps without proper re-colonoscopy Prolonged interval within surveillance colonoscopies (Exceeding protocol with \>1 year)

Sample size calculation No sample size calculation is performed, because of the observational design of this study. All eligible patients will be included, unless an exclusion criterion is met. The envisioned number of patients to be included is around 500.

Institutional review board This study is conducted in accordance with the research code of our Institutional Review Board (IRB) on human experimentation as well as in agreement with the Helsinki Declaration. The IRB decided that the study did not apply to the requirements of the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO), as data were collected during routine care and no additional patient interventions will be undertaken. Therefore also no informed consent is needed for this study. The study protocol will be registered on a publicly accessible website register.

Personalized Surveillance Protocol for Serrated Polyposis Syndrome

Effectiveness of a Personalized Endoscopic Surveillance Protocol for Patients With Serrated Polyposis Syndrome

Incidence of colorectal cancer after complete clearing of all relevant polyps, during protocolled surveillance phase.

Advanced neoplasia is defined as: (tubulo)villous adenomas, adenomas with high-grade dysplasia or diameter of at least 10mm; serrated polyp with dysplasia, traditional serrated adenomas or serrated polyps with a diameter of at least 10mm.

CRC is not included in this definition, since CRC is the primary outcome measure in this study.

Non-advanced relevant neoplasia is defined as tubular adenomas \<10mm, sessile serrated lesions \<10mm, hyperplastic polyps of 5-9mm.

Patients will undergo surveillance colonoscopies with intervals of 1 or 2 years. This outcome measure expresses the relative frequency of these surveillance intervals.

How often is preventive colorectal surgery needed during surveillance, for example because of unresectable polyps. This does not include colorectal surgery due to colorectal cancer.

Incidence of complications after colonoscopy (this does not include complications that are effectively solved during the procedure). Severity expressed using Clavien Dindo classification.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization
Endoscopic Surveillance in Serrated Polyposis Syndrome and Low-risk of Advanced Neoplasia	NCT04906343	Colonic Polyp Colonic Neoplas... Colonic Cancer Serrated Polypo... Serrated Polyp ...	Colonoscopy	18 Years - 90 Years	Hospital Universitario de Móstoles
Endoscopic Surveillance in Serrated Polyposis Syndrome and Low-risk of Advanced Neoplasia	NCT04906343	Colonic Polyp Colonic Neoplas... Colonic Cancer Serrated Polypo... Serrated Polyp ...	Colonoscopy	18 Years - 90 Years	Hospital Universitario de Móstoles
Personalized Surveillance Protocol for Serrated Polyposis Syndrome	NCT03450889	Serrated Polypo... Colorectal Canc...	Colonoscopy	18 Years -	Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Personalized Surveillance Protocol for Serrated Polyposis Syndrome	NCT03450889	Serrated Polypo... Colorectal Canc...	Colonoscopy	18 Years -	Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for serrated polyposis syndrome