Status:
COMPLETED
Complete Histologic Resection of Adenomatous Polyps?
Lead Sponsor:
White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Conditions:
Adenomatous Polyps
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-85 years
Brief Summary
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the US. Colonoscopy is considered the best test colorectal cancer screening. It allows resection of adenomatous polyps (a known can...
Detailed Description
All patients who present for a colonoscopy and meet inclusion and exclusion criteria will be asked to participate, and all patients with resectable polyps will be included. See also inclusion and excl...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Any patient ≥40 and \<85 who presents for a colonoscopy and does not meet any of the exclusion criteria mentioned below will be asked to participate
- All patients who are found to have colonic polyp between 5 and 20mm in size will be included in the study
Exclusion
- Pedunculated polyps (estimated stalk diameter \< 50% polyp head diameter, stalk at least 5 mm)
- Any suspicion of perforation or deeper defects after polypectomy, irrespective whether treated or not.
- Post-polypectomy bleeding requiring hemostasis.
- Patients with known inflammatory bowel disease or active colitis
- Patients who are receiving an emergency colonoscopy
- Poor general health (ASA class\>3)
- Patients on coumadin or with coagulopathy with an elevated INR ≥1.8, or platelets \<50.
- Poor bowel preparation
- Patients who do not consent
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
269 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01224444
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
January 1 2013
Last Update
January 12 2015
Active Locations (2)
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1
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756
2
White River Junction VAMC
White River Junction, Vermont, United States, 05009