Status:

COMPLETED

Dose the Saline Reduce the Mucus Production When Water Exchange Colonoscopy is Used?

Lead Sponsor:

Evergreen General Hospital, Taiwan

Conditions:

Colon Mucous

Colonoscopy

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a study to compare the left colon mucus production between carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation and water exchange (WE) colonoscopy in patients that require a routine or repeat colonoscopy. There...

Detailed Description

This will be a single-site (Evergreen General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan), blinded investigators, prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT). Felix W. Leung (from Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, V...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female 20-75 years of age
  • Positive screening for Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT)
  • Subjects willing to undergo routine screening and surveillance colonoscopy

Exclusion

  • Patients who decline to provide informed consent
  • Patients known to have colonic obstruction, active inflammatory bowel disease, or active GI bleeding requiring interventions
  • Patients known to have prior history of colonic resection
  • Patients with genetic colorectal syndromes
  • Patients who are scheduled for therapeutic colonoscopy (e.g., hemostasis, removal of large polyp)
  • Patients with American Society of Anesthesiology classification of physical status grade 3 or higher

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 4 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 30 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

301 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04769739

Start Date

August 4 2021

End Date

April 30 2022

Last Update

January 5 2024

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Evergreen General Hospital

Taoyuan District, Taiwan, 320