NCT01458093

Large Overuse of Post-polypectomy Surveillance Colonoscopy

Large Overuse of Post-polypectomy Surveillance Colonoscopy: a Prospective Nation-wide Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 7,081 (actual)
• Sponsor: Valduce Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In colorectal cancer screening era a huge burden of medical resources has been applied to surveillance. Although the adherence to post-polipectomy recommendations is a advocated as a mainstay for quality assurance colonoscopy programs, prospective data on appropriateness of surveillance are lacking. The aim of present study was to evaluate the percentage of subjects in which timing of surveillance colonoscopy in practice agrees with that recommended by guidelines and to identify factors associated to the appropriateness of surveillance.

Conditions

• Colonic Polyps
• Surveillance
• Colonoscopy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	colonoscopy	evaluation of surveillance timing adequacy as compared to the guidelines

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-01-01
• First posted: 2011-10-24
• Last updated: 2011-10-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy