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Early Colonoscopy for Lower Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding

NCT01031342 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2011-01-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Study hypothesis is that performing early colonoscopy in patients who present to the hospital with lower GI bleeding improves their outcome.

Patients who are admitted with bleeding from their rectum and a negative endoscopic exam of the stomach and upper intestine are randomized (like flipping a coin) to receive a colonsoscopy either as an emergency (within 12 hours) or as a routine procedure (36 hours after admission). Patients are followed during their hospitalization to see if they have further bleeding, if they require blood transfusions, if they need other diagnostic tests, if they need surgery or other treatments, and how long they stay in the hospital.

Conditions

  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Early colonoscopy

Colonoscopy within 12 hours of presentation

PROCEDURE

Elective colonoscopy

Colonoscopy 36-60 hours after presentation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southern California

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Loren Laine, M.D. · University of Southern California

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-08-31
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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