NCT01259583

Carbon Dioxide Insufflation (CO2) and Warm Water Infusion (WWI) Versus Standard Air Insufflation (AI) for Unsedated Colonoscopy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 341 (actual)
• Sponsor: Valduce Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Due to the increasing demand for colonoscopy in clinical practice, great interest has recently renewed for unsedated colonoscopy. Both Carbon dioxide Insufflation (CO2) and Warm Water Infusion (WWI) have been advocated to improve patient tolerance for colonoscopy as compared to standard Air Insufflation (AI). This study is aimed at evaluating the performance of the above techniques versus AI in unsedated patients.

Conditions

• Warm Water
• CO2 Colonoscopy
• Unsedated Colonoscopy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	CO2	CO2 insufflation
PROCEDURE	Warm water	warm water irrigation

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2010-12-14
• Last updated: 2013-03-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy