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Comparing Warm Versus Cool Temperature Water During Colonoscopy

NCT01322724 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 175

Last updated 2012-05-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study will be to determine if the temperature of water used during insertion of colonoscopy makes a difference in patient discomfort and sedation requirements. The hypothesis of this study is patients receiving screening colonoscopy utilizing the water insertion method with room temperature (cool) water will have similar pain scores and medication requirements compared to water insertion method using body temperature (warm) water.

Conditions

  • Colonoscopy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Warm vs Cool water

Body vs Room temperature water used during insertion of colonoscopy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • M. Brian Fennerty, MD · Oregon Health and Science University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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