NCT00905554

Warm Water for Unsedated Colonoscopy

Warm Water Irrigation Versus Standard Air Insufflation for Unsedated Colonoscopy: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 230 (actual)
• Sponsor: Valduce Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Unsedated colonoscopy is characterized by lower costs, recovery time and incidence of drug-related side effects, although it may be painful for the patient. Based on recent reports, the investigators designed this randomized controlled trial hypothesizing that the use of water irrigation versus air insufflation during the insertion phase of colonoscopy might increase the global tolerability of the examination and the proportion of patients undergoing complete colonoscopy without sedation.

Conditions

• Colonoscopy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	warm water irrigation	warm water irrigation during insertion phase of colonoscopy
PROCEDURE	air insufflation	air insufflation during the insertion phase of colonoscopy

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-04-01
• Primary completion: 2009-07-01
• Completion: 2010-02-01
• First posted: 2009-05-20
• Last updated: 2011-10-25
• Results posted: 2011-10-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy