Abstract
Background
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for large colorectal polyps is in most cases the preferred treatment to prevent progression to colorectal carcinoma. The most common complication after EMR is delayed bleeding, occurring in 7% overall and in approximately 10% of polyps ≥ 2 cm in the proximal colon. Previous research has suggested that prophylactic clipping of the mucosal defect after EMR may reduce the incidence of delayed bleeding in polyps with a high bleeding risk.
Methods
The CLIPPER trial is a multicenter, parallel-group, single blinded, randomized controlled superiority study. A total of 356 patients undergoing EMR for large (≥ 2 cm) non-pedunculated polyps in the proximal colon will be included and randomized to the clip group or the control group. Prophylactic clipping will be performed in the intervention group to close the resection defect after the EMR with a distance of < 1 cm between the clips. Primary outcome is delayed bleeding within 30 days after EMR. Secondary outcomes are recurrent or residual polyps and clip artifacts during surveillance colonoscopy after 6 months, as well as cost-effectiveness of prophylactic clipping and severity of delayed bleeding.
Discussion
The CLIPPER trial is a pragmatic study performed in the Netherlands and is powered to determine the real-time efficacy and cost-effectiveness of prophylactic clipping after EMR of proximal colon polyps ≥ 2 cm in the Netherlands. This study will also generate new data on the achievability of complete closure and the effects of clip placement on scar surveillance after EMR, in order to further promote the debate on the role of prophylactic clipping in everyday clinical practice.
Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03309683. Registered on 13 October 2017. Start recruitment: 05 March 2018. Planned completion of recruitment: 31 August 2021.
Supplementary Information
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13063-020-04996-7.
Keywords: Prophylactic clipping, EMR, Colonic polyp, Delayed bleeding, Clip artifact
Background
Delayed bleeding after endoscopic mucosal resection
In 2014, a national colorectal cancer screening (NCCS) program was introduced in the Netherlands [1]. The program is based on immunological fecal occult blood testing (iFOBT), followed by colonoscopy after a positive iFOBT result. During colonoscopy, the detection of colorectal cancer and advanced adenomas has been found to be 8% and 43%, respectively [2]. The treatment of advanced adenomas has resulted in a considerable spin-off of the NCCS program.
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is a safe and cost-effective method for resecting larger flat or sessile adenomas in the colorectum with no signs of submucosal invasion. However, delayed bleeding (DB) is the most prevalent complication and is reported in up to 12% after EMR. Identified risk factors of DB after EMR are anticoagulant drug use within 7 days of the procedure (OR 6.3; P = 0.005), polyp size and location in the colon with a 12% incidence rate of delayed bleeding in the cecum, 10% in the proximal ascending colon, 7% at the hepatic flexure, and 2–3% in the left colon [3–9].
Several preventive measures have been undertaken to reduce post-EMR bleeding, such as coagulation of visible vessels, prophylactic clipping (PC), or suturing of the EMR resection defect. Prophylactic coagulation of visible vessels in the resection defect has not been shown to decrease the incidence of DB [7]. However, PC has been reported in several studies to reduce DB especially in right sided EMR’s for lesions sized over 2 cm [10, 11]. Theoretically, a clip applies pressure to the underlying vessels in the EMR defect and results in increased mucosal healing [12], which may result in a reduced DB risk. Nonetheless, studies reporting on PC in EMR have several limitations, such as a retrospective design, inclusion of all sizes and types of polyps (pedunculated/flat, right/left-sided), lack of statistical power, and all reported studies were performed in tertiary referral centers, thereby not representing normal daily practice. Additionally, PC will lead to increased costs of EMR and it is unknown whether the additional costs of PC in high-risk patients (right sided flat polyps ≥ 2 cm) will outweigh the benefits of PC in terms of quality of life gains and/or cost savings related to prevention of DB [12].
Scar surveillance
After piecemeal EMR, guidelines recommend surveillance colonoscopy after 6 months to evaluate the presence of residual adenoma [13]. Nonetheless, examining post-EMR scars with white-light endoscopy alone may miss up to 30% of recurrences revealed by random biopsy [14, 15]. Thorough inspection of the scar area with enhanced imaging (e.g. NBI, I-scan, etc.) is one of the techniques to determine the presence of recurrence.
With PC, the apposition of the defect margins with clips may cause a different appearance of the scar leading to difficulty in assessing a potential recurrence. This clip-induced scar pattern occurs in 30% of the EMR sites and is described as a “clip artifact”: a bumpy scar that has a normal pit pattern and is normal on biopsy [14, 15]. The occurrence of clip artifacts may therefore increase the difficulty of detecting recurrences.
Aims
We designed a nationwide randomized controlled trial aiming to compare PC after EMR to standard EMR care without PC for the prevention of clinically significant DB < 30 days. In addition, we aimed to determine DB severity, rates of recurrent and residual adenoma and clip artifacts after PC, and cost-effectiveness compared with standard care.
Methods
Trial design
The CLIPPER trial is a nationwide multicenter randomized, parallel-group, patient-blinded superiority trial, comparing prophylactic clipping after EMR to standard care in 356 patients undergoing EMR for a non-pedunculated polyp in the proximal colon sized 20–60 mm in 19 hospitals of the Dutch EMR Study Group in the Netherlands. The trial will be conducted over a time period of 3years. The study protocol was written in accordance with the SPIRIT guidelines [16, 17].
Eligibility criteria
Patients aged ≥ 18 years undergoing EMR of a flat or sessile colonic polyp (Paris classification 0-IIa/b/c, Is) measuring 20–60 mm and located proximal from the splenic flexure who gave written informed consent prior to EMR are eligible for inclusion in the study.
A subject with any of the following exclusion criteria prior to randomization will be excluded from participation in this study:
Pregnancy
Active inflammatory colonic conditions (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease)
American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) grades IV–V
Previous resection or attempted resection of a lesion less than 30 days ago
EMR for residual adenoma still in place after a previous intervention
> 1 lesion to be removed in the same session
Involvement of the cecal valve or orificium of the appendix
Endoscopic appearance of invasive malignancy (non-lifting Kato D, Kudo V pit pattern)
Macroscopic non-radical resection
Clip deployed prior to the completion of the EMR for a perforation or a major intra-procedural bleeding that cannot be treated with coagulation
Trial treatment
Standard care: no PC
Applying snare tip soft coagulation to the margins of the post-EMR defect is often used as preventive treatment for recurrence and may be applied at the endoscopists’ discretion. Anticoagulant use will be managed according to the Dutch Society of Gastroenterologists guideline 2016 [18].
Intervention: PC
PC is standardized using Quick Clip Pro - Single Use Repositionable Clips (Olympus, Japan) and is performed in a zipper fashion (Fig.1). Successful PC is defined as complete closure of the resection defect with aligning clips placed 0.5–1.0 cm apart (Figs.1 and 2) [10, 19]. After PC, a picture of the final result is made.
All patients will receive normal standard of care in terms of day of discharge, instructions at discharge, outpatient clinic visits to discuss pathology reports, and additional treatment.
Surveillance
Six months after EMR, a surveillance colonoscopy is performed, during which the endoscopic characteristics of the scar are determined by the endoscopist and biopsies of the scar are collected to determine residual or recurrent adenoma. In case of an aberrant scar morphology, multiple biopsies of the lesion are taken with a standard biopsy forceps. Lesions suspect for adenoma will be treated directly following the local protocol. The resected fragments will undergo histological analysis. Any other irregularities in and around the scar will be biopsied separately.
Study end points
The primary outcome is the incidence of clinically significant DB, defined as anal blood loss occurring after the completion of the procedure necessitating emergency department consultation, blood transfusion, prolongation of hospital stay, re-hospitalization, or re-intervention (either repeat endoscopy, angiography or surgery) [5, 10, 20–23]. Self-limiting bleeding managed on an outpatient basis is not considered to be DB.
PC may improve patients’ health status, prevent serious complications of DB, reduce the demand for healthcare, and lower costs. The secondary outcomes therefore are (1) severity of DB (see Supplementary File1 for definition of DB severity), (2) procedure time, (3) perforation rate, (4) EMR scar evaluation at the first surveillance colonoscopy after 6 months, (5) adenoma recurrence rate at 6 months, (6) health-related quality of life, and (7) direct and indirect costs related to PC.
Sample size considerations
DB incidence after EMR in the right colon has been reported to range between 7 and 12.7% after EMR [6, 7]. Based on these studies, we believe that PC after standard EMR may be able to reduce delayed bleedings by 7.8% (from 9.8 to 2%) in a superiority design. With a 2-sided significance level of 5% (0.1% used as symmetric stopping boundaries during the interim-analysis, and 4.9% used as nominal significance level) and power of 80%, a total of 310 patients are required. With an estimated drop out of 15%, a total of 356 patients (2 × 178) are required to demonstrate this effect.
Study withdrawal
Subjects can leave the study at any time for any reason without any consequences. The investigator can decide to withdraw a subject from the study for urgent medical reasons. There will be no replacement of individual subjects after withdrawal.
Assignment of interventions
Randomization and treatment allocation
Randomization will take place in a 1:1 ratio after complete radical EMR without a clinically indicated intraprocedural clip placement, using a web-based randomization module (Castor EDC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Participants are stratified by center with random block sizes of 2, 4, and 6 per stratum. A time schedule for the trial can be found in Table 1.
Table 1.
Schedule of enrolment, interventions, and assessments
Study period | |||||||
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Enrolment | Allocation | Post-allocation | Close-out | ||||
Timepoint | Week − 1 | EMR + 0 | EMR+ 0 | + 1month | + 3months | + 6months | + 6months |
Enrolment: | |||||||
Eligibility screen | X | ||||||
Informed consent | X | ||||||
Allocation | X | ||||||
Interventions: | |||||||
PC post EMR | X | ||||||
Questionnaires (EQ-5D,iMCQ,iPCQ) | X | X | X | X | |||
Control group without PC | X | ||||||
Assessments: | |||||||
Collect baseline and procedure variables | X | X | X | ||||
Collect primary outcome variables | X | X | |||||
Standard of care surveillance colonoscopy | X | ||||||
Collect secondary outcome variables | X | X |
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Blinding
Patients will be blinded for treatment allocation whenever possible. However, patients undergoing EMR under conscious sedation cannot be blinded for treatment allocation. Whereas treating physicians cannot be blinded, the Outcome Adjudication Committee (OAC) evaluating the endpoints will be blinded for treatment allocation.
Data collection and management
Coded study data will be collected in a web-based case record form (CRF) in Castor EDC. Patients will have the option to fill out the questionnaires with the end-to-end encrypted mobile “Improve” app (Open HealthHub, Utrecht, The Netherlands). After the data collection is complete, data are locked and saved for 15 years according to national law and regulations.
Missing data within a complete follow-up term will be prevented as much as possible. The reason for missing data will be reported. In case of > 5% non-selective missing data, multiple imputation may be performed. Sensitivity analyses will be performed with a different assumption for the distribution of the missing data than that was used in the primary analysis [24, 25].
Statistical analysis methods
Primary analysis
Comparison of the primary endpoint DB will be performed according to intention-to-treat, using a mixed model regression analysis to correct for clustering of data, resulting in an estimated relative risk and 95% confidence intervals. Scale variables will be presented as mean ± standard deviation and in case of skewed distributions as median and range. Values will be compared by Student’s T test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, χ2 test, or Fisher exact test as appropriate. A two-tailed p value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant. A type 1 error will be controlled for by only taking one presentation of the primary endpoint (DB) per patient in the statistical analysis. In case of multiple presentations for bleeding, the highest gradation for severity will be included in the analysis. The outcomes of the intention-to-treat analysis will be compared to an exploratory per-protocol analysis.
In case of disbalances in baseline characteristics, potential confounders for DB will be determined with a χ2 test or unpaired t test where appropriate. Correction for potential confounders with a p≤ 0.15 will be performed using multiple regression analysis. Considering the expected incidence of DB, the statistical power will allow to correct for two confounding factors. We expect at least anticoagulant medication to be a potential confounder for DB.
Analyses of secondary outcomes
The secondary endpoints will be compared between study groups using Student’ T test or χ2 test whenever appropriate. Lastly, a cost-effectiveness analysis will be performed. As a societal perspective allows for a more complete economic evaluation as compared to a health care perspective alone, three cost categories will be analyzed: direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs (see Supplementary File1 for a definition of these secondary endpoints).
Economic evaluation
All costs will be estimated in accordance with Dutch guidelines concerning cost-effectiveness studies [26, 27]. The price of clipping will be calculated based on the price of the Quick Clip Pro - Single Use Repositionable Clip (Olympus, Japan) in the Netherlands. Health care cost utilization and productivity losses will be estimated based on customized versions of the standardized questionnaires iMTA MCQ (Medical Cost Questionnaire) and iMTA PCQ (Productivity Cost Questionnaire). Loss of paid and unpaid work will be valued by means of the friction cost approach. Complete costs will be calculated for individual patients by multiplying actual health care resource use and unit prices [28, 29] and will be compared directly between study groups.
The impact of morbidity on the quality of life of patients will be assessed by the EQ-5D questionnaire. The individual scored items will be valued by the Dutch tariff. Health Utility Index scores will be used to derive a quality-adjusted life year (QALY) estimate for each patient [30, 31]. Incremental cost-effectiveness and cost-utility ratios will be calculated to reflect the extra costs per patient with poor outcome prevented and the extra costs per additional QALY respectively. Uncertainty in the cost-effectiveness ratio will be presented non-parametrically using bootstrap techniques. If correction for baseline disbalances is needed, regression techniques including bootstrapping will be used with the Net Monetary Benefit as outcome parameter. Results will be shown graphically by means of a cost-utility plane and cost-effectiveness acceptability curves with varying values of willingness-to-pay up to €80.000.
Monitoring
Data monitoring
According to the Dutch Federation of Universities (NFU) standard for risk assessment and monitoring, the trial was graded as having a negligible risk for participants. Therefore, no Data Safety Monitoring Board or Data Monitoring Committee was indicated. Nonetheless, a blinded OAC comprising 3–4 independent gastroenterologists will assess and weigh all severe adverse events after completion of the trial and decide whether these concord with definitions of the study endpoints. Using primary source data and blinded for treatment allocation (if possible), each member of the committee will individually evaluate the disease course of each patient. Disagreements will be resolved at a plenary consensus meeting. Only after consensus has been reached on each individual endpoint, a final analysis will be performed.
Harms
All adverse events will be reported to the study coordinator regardless of a supposed relation to the trial intervention, who will in turn report all deaths and serious adverse events to the Central Committee on Research involving Human Subjects (CCMO) according to Dutch rules and legislation.
Being the primary outcome measure, DB was exempted of this reporting obligation. The relationship of all adverse events to the study intervention will be investigated by the primary investigators and the OAC. All adverse events will be followed until they have abated or until a stable situation has been reached.
Auditing
Based on the NFU standard for risk assessment and monitoring, each participating hospital will be visited by an independent monitor/auditor to audit adherence to the study protocol and to local research regulations. They will ensure correct handling of data and compare a random sample of the collected data to their source documents.
Interim analysis
An interim analysis of the primary endpoint will be performed when 50% of patients (n= 178) have been randomized and had 30 days of follow-up, aided by an independent statistician. The Haybittle-Peto approach is used to test efficacy, using symmetric boundaries at p< 0.001 to provide continuation or stopping advice. Finally, the steering committee will decide on the continuation of the trial.
Discussion
The CLIPPER trial has been designed to determine whether PC is effective in preventing clinically significant DB after EMR of large proximal colorectal polyps. The current study design was improved by considering and discussing potential drawbacks of published or ongoing trials with the principal investigators. The following suggestions were made and implemented in the CLIPPER study design:
Randomization after EMR. In this way, non-radical EMRs are not included in the intervention arm and therapeutic clipping for perforation or intraprocedural bleeding can be performed to the discretion of the endoscopist without causing cross-over. The reasons for exclusion of a non-randomized patient after informed consent are registered [32].
Inclusion of patients with only one polyp, instead of multiple, enables one to estimate the pure effect of PC on DB and its severity [32].
Inclusion of only right sided polyps, which are shown to be associated with a higher DB rate and significant decrease of DB after PC [32, 33].
Inclusion of polyps sized 20–60 mm. Previous studies have shown no effect of PC for smaller polyps [34–36], and polyps over 60 mm were excluded in view of feasibility of complete closure [33].
Cost-effectiveness analysis. Some studies have predicted cost-effectiveness of PC based on economic models [37, 38]. We will analyze cost-effectiveness based on healthcare utility questionnaires and clinical data.
Follow-up period of 6 months. Previous studies have reported that clips can affect scar formation and cause clip artifacts that can be hard to distinguish from recurrent polyp tissue [14]. In order to determine these late clip effects, we included the first surveillance colonoscopy 6 months post-EMR in the follow-up period.
A potential drawback of this study is caused by the timing of the informed consent. In Dutch daily clinical practice, most polyps in the lower range of these inclusion criteria, especially the 2–3 cm polyps, will already be removed by EMR in the same session. As it would neither be ethical nor feasible to approach all colonoscopy patients for informed consent, we will likely include more 3–6 cm lesions undergoing repeat colonoscopy for EMR than 2–3 cm lesions. This needs to be taken into account when interpreting our results.
In conclusion, the CLIPPER trial is powered and designed to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of PC in everyday practice, in order to fill the gaps in our understanding of the place of PC in the endoscopy unit.
Trial status
The first patient was randomized on May 15, 2018. To date, 19 hospitals are open for inclusion and 217 patients have been randomized. The inclusion is slightly below schedule, which is at least partly due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak. Protocol version 2.2 is being used and was approved on January 23, 2018, with an amendment approved on August 23, 2018. Patient recruitment is expected to last until mid-2021.
Supplementary Information
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Additional file 1. Definitions of Secondary Endpoints. *Severity of DB was defined according to the ASGE working party document for adverse events in colonoscopy [20].
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Additional file 2. List of parameters collected in the Case Record Form.
Additional file 3. SPIRIT Checklist. (22.6KB, docx)
Acknowledgements
Not applicable.
Abbreviations
- EMR
Endoscopic mucosal resection
- PC
Prophylactic clipping
- DB
Delayed bleeding
- NCCS
National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
- iFOBT
Immunological fecal occult blood testing
- NBI
Narrow band imaging
- APC
Argon plasma coagulation
- ASA
American Society of Anesthesiology grade
- LMWH
Low-molecular-weight heparin
- DOAC
Direct oral anticoagulants
- PI
Principle investigator
- CRF
Case record form
- QALY
Quality-adjusted life year
- OAC
Outcome Adjudication Committee
- (S)AE
(Severe) adverse event
- METC
“Medisch Ethische Toetsings Commissie” (English: Medical Ethical Review Board)
- CCMO
Central Committee on Research involving Human Subjects
- NNT
Number needed to treat
- ARD
Absolute risk difference
Authors’ contributions
EvG, LM, JT, DH, and JS designed the primary study outline during several meetings of the Dutch EMR Study Group. AT drafted the protocol under supervision of EvG and PS. WK provided statistical support and helped to design the cost-effectiveness analysis. EvG, PS, PD, RMS, and AT critically assessed the study design and made final adjustments to the protocol and revised the manuscript for publication. All authors (AT, LM, RMS, ES, JT, RS, JS, BB, MS, WH, AA, DA, MH, BS, DH, AT, WG, JB, FV, RR, RdR, WK, PS, PD, EvG) participated in discussions about the study protocol and reviewed and approved the final manuscript. All authors are actively involved in patient recruitment for this trial.
Authors’ information
Coordinating center: Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Primary sponsor: Dutch Digestive Foundation (MLDS).
Principal investigators: E.J.M. van Geenen, MD PhD & P.D. Siersema, MD PhD.
Participating centers and principal investigators
Amsterdam University Medical Center location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; B.A. Bastiaansen, Department of Gastroenterology.
Bernhoven Hospital, Uden, the Netherlands; R.W.M. Schrauwen, MD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; A. Tan, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; R.M. Schreuder, MD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands; W. Hazen, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; W. de Graaf, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Franciscus Gasthuis and Vlietland, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; R. Roomer, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Isala Clinics, Zwolle, the Netherlands; A. Alkhalaf, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands; J. Terhaar sive Droste, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; J.J. Boonstra, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; M. Hadithi, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands; R. de Ridder, MD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Maxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, the Netherlands; J.W. Straathof, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands; F. Voogd, MD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands; M.P. Schwartz, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Noordwest Hospital Group, Alkmaar, the Netherlands; B.W. Van der Spek, MD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Radboudumc, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; E.J.M. van Geenen, MD PhD, Department of Gastroenterology.
St. Jansdal Hospital, Harderwijk, the Netherlands; D. Allajar, MD, Department of Gastroenterology.
University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; P. Didden, MD, Department of Gastroenterology.
Independent expert
L. Schipper, MD PhD, gastroenterologist at Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Funding
The CLIPPER trial is investigator initiated and is financed by the Dutch Digestive Foundation (MLDS), a non-profit patient organization. Olympus (Japan) contributed Quick Clip Pro endoclips for this trial. The funders played and still play no active role in any part of the study design, conduct, or analysis.
Availability of data and materials
The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available after publication from the primary investigator (EvG) on reasonable request.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
All patients that participate in the CLIPPER trial need to give written informed consent prior to the EMR.
Ethical approval of the study protocol has been obtained from the accredited Medical Research Ethics Committee (METC) of the region Arnhem-Nijmegen, the Netherlands (reference number 2017-3898). The protocol is registered on ClinicalTrial.gov with reference number NCT03309683. This study is performed in line with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication
Not applicable
Competing interests
This study is performed with material research support (Quick Clip Pro endoclip) from Olympus (Japan). EvG receives research support from MTW (Germany). PS receives research support from Pentax (Japan) and is on the advisory board of Boston Scientific (USA). LM is a consultant for Boston Scientific (USA). All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Supplementary Materials
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Additional file 1. Definitions of Secondary Endpoints. *Severity of DB was defined according to the ASGE working party document for adverse events in colonoscopy [20].
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Additional file 2. List of parameters collected in the Case Record Form.
Additional file 3. SPIRIT Checklist. (22.6KB, docx)
Data Availability Statement
The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available after publication from the primary investigator (EvG) on reasonable request.