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Yield and Safety of Colonoscopy in Patients Older Than 80 Years

NCT00590434 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 169

Last updated 2012-10-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study is to study the risk of colorectal cancer and polyps in people older than 80 years compared to the younger age group. The researchers hypothesized that colonoscopy in older people is likely to have more complications without detection of a significant number of large polyps and cancer.

Conditions

  • Colorectal Neoplasms

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ajay Bansal, MD · Kansas City VA Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-08-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

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