This is a request for a revision of
the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial
(PLCO) for three years. This trial was designed to determine if
cancer screening for prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer
can reduce mortality from these cancers which caused an estimated
253,320 deaths in the U.S in 2014. The design is a two-armed
randomized trial of men and women aged 55 to 74 at entry. OMB first
approved this study in 1993 and has approved it every 3 years since
then. Recruitment was completed in 2001, baseline cancer screening
was completed in 2006, and data collection continues on the current
cohort of 77,281 participants who are actively being followed. The
additional follow-up will provide data that will clarify further
the long term effects of the screening on cancer incidence and
mortality for the four targeted cancers. Further, demographic and
risk factor information may be used to analyze the differential
effectiveness of cancer screening in high versus low risk
individuals
This is a continued follow up
of an existing cohort as a result there will not be any new
participants recruited into the study and thus no longer a need for
a consent form. The total number of burden hours has decreased
since the last submission primarily due to the number of deaths
among the cohort and overestimate of the number of participants who
consented to active follow-up from the ten screening centers.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.