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The Utility of Timed Segmental Withdrawal During Screening Colonoscopy

NCT02132455 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 326

Last updated 2017-05-12

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Summary

The purpose of colonoscopy (colon examination with flexible tube and a camera) is to find early precancerous growth in the colon (polyps) and remove them before they turn into cancer. The doctor performing the procedure will first advance the colonoscope to the end of the colon (cecum) and then he will examine the colon for polyps while he is withdrawing the colonoscope. The period of time that the doctor spent examining the colon called "withdrawal time". Usually doctors will spend at least 6 minutes examining the colon after he reached the cecum. The investigators are proposing that dedicating half of the withdrawal time during colonoscopy in examining the right side of the colon, will increase the detection of polyps in the right side of the colon.

Conditions

  • Colonoscopy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

colonoscopy

colonoscopy (colon examination with flexible tube and a camera) is to find early precancerous growth in the colon (polyps) and remove them before they turn into cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marc Zuckerman, MD · Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2016-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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