DECEMBER 18, 2019

Capsule Endoscopy Outperforms CT Colonography in TOPAZ Trial

In the prospective, multicenter, randomized TOPAZ trial, colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) performed better than computed tomography colonography (CTC) in detecting polyps in an average-risk colon cancer screening population.

CTC is a tier 2 test for colorectal cancer screening and CCE is a tier 3 test, according to the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (Am J Gastroenterol 2017;112[7]:1016-1030). However, the new findings support boosting CCE to a tier 2 test, according to the