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The Colon Endoscopic Bubble Scale (CEBuS); Validation Study

NCT04378088 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2020-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Colonoscopy is currently accepted as the gold standard in screening, surveillance and prevention for colorectal cancer (CRC), and therefore, its quality is a major priority.

The quality of colonoscopy is greatly dependent on the quality of the bowel preparation, which can be limited by stool, foam, bubbles and other debris. In fact, colonic bubbles are described in 30 to 40% of colonoscopies, possibly undermining the quality of the exam, impairing the endoscopists view, demanding the further use of water or simethicone and eventually increasing fatigue and costs, while diminishing diagnostic accuracy.

Although previous attempts, to date no endoscopic scale is validated regarding the presence of bubbles and most widely accepted and already validated scales do not include the presence or absence of bubbles in their definition, leading to the use of different home-made scales in randomized trials and impairing any solid meta-analysis conclusion. As so, the goal of this study is to develop and validate a new colonic bubble score (Colon Endoscopic Bubble Scale - CEBuS).

Conditions

  • Colon Polyp

Interventions

OTHER

Validation of CEBuS

Validation of a new score for bubbles in the colon.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Portuguese Oncology Institute, Coimbra

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Filipe Taveira, MD · Gastroenterology Department of Portuguese Oncology Institute of Coimbra

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-01
Primary Completion
2020-03-30
Completion
2020-05-14

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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