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Cap Assisted Colonoscopy Enhances Quality Based Competency in Colonoscopy Among Trainees

NCT02472730 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 219

Last updated 2020-02-12

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify if performing diagnostic colonoscopy with a small plastic cap attached to the camera will improve performance of colonoscopies by physician trainees.

Conditions

  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal

Interventions

DEVICE

Distal Attachment Cap

Colonoscopies are performed under the supervision of board certified attending gastroenterologists experienced in colonoscopy. Attending physicians will provide assistance at their discretion or at the request of the trainee. All close examinations for polyps will be carried out on withdrawal of the colonoscope.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kalpesh Patel, M.D. · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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