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Evaluate the Safety and Diagnostic Advantages of Tilt Down Verses Standard Horizontal Colonoscopy Positioning

NCT01815671 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 173

Last updated 2014-02-05

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Summary

A tortuous sigmoid colon makes colonoscopy difficult. The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate the diagnostic utility and incidence of adverse events in women using standard horizontal compared to lateral tilt down positioning for colonoscopy.

Conditions

  • Diverticulosis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

colonoscopy in the lateral horizontal position

colonoscopy in the lateral horizontal position with tilt down

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Specialists in Gastroenterology, LLC

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leonard B Weinstock, MD · Specialists in Gastroenterology, LLC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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