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Can Simple and Inexpensive Techniques Enhance Patient Comfort

NCT00747084 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2017-04-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This research study compares two methods of performing colonoscopy without sedation. The standard method is to insert the colonoscope without adding any water to the colon, and when colonic spasms occur during the examination, waiting for the spasms to subside before continuing with the insertion of the colonoscope. The study method involves putting 200 ml (7 oz) of warm water through the colonoscope into the colon at the beginning of the examination, and when colonic spasms occur during the examination, putting 30 ml (1 oz) of warm water into the spastic area(s) to relax the colonic spasms.

Conditions

  • Colonoscopy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Colonoscopy

The purpose of the study is to conduct an RCT study to determine the effectiveness of loading the sigmoid colon with warm water and warm water irrigation for dealing with colonic spasms in enhancing patient abdominal comfort during unsedated colonoscopy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Felix W Leung, MD · VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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