NCT01563744

EGD-assisted Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 82 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rockford Gastroenterology Associates · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Adequate bowel preparation is of critical importance for colonoscopy. Particularly among hospitalized patients, inadequate bowel preparation for colonoscopy may arise due to patient intolerance to prescribed laxative regimen, elderly population, and co-existing conditions that impair the ability to ingest a large-volume laxative regimen. Improvements in bowel preparation for colonoscopy in hospitalized patients would likely improve patient care and reduce hospital costs. The purpose of this study is to determine if administering a portion of the bowel purgative via EGD could improve colonoscopy preparation in hospitalized patients.

Detailed description

In this randomized controlled trial in hospitalized patients, patients in whom colonoscopy was anticipated the day following EGD were consented and randomized to either standard prep by mouth (split-dose PEG) or intervention group (instillation of the first 2 liters of Nulytely solution through the channel of the endoscope into the duodenal bulb, then continue standard prep). Data is collected on quality of prep and patient satisfaction in both groups.

Conditions

• Esophagoscopy Techniques
• Colonoscopy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	EGD-assisted administration of colonoscopy prep	Interventional group receive the first 2 liters of prep solution during EGD through the scope channel if colonoscopy expected the following day.
PROCEDURE	Control Group received standard prep by oral administration	Control group receive standard oral colonoscopy prep.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2012-03-01
• Completion: 2012-03-01
• First posted: 2012-03-27
• Last updated: 2016-04-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States