NCT01933867

Water-aided Colonoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

Water-aided Colonoscopy in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease - a Single-center, Single-blinded Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 92 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vitkovice Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Water-aided insertion of the colonoscope has been repeatedly proven to beneficial in terms of lower discomfort and need for sedation during colonoscopy. Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) undergo repeated colonoscopy in course of their disease. According to our preliminary experience, water immersion could be beneficial while scoping these patients. As far as the investigators know, water-aided colonoscopy has never been studied in this indication. Results of our trial might support use of water-aided colonoscopy in common practice and decrease associated discomfort in IBD patients.

Conditions

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Water immersion	Water immersion means infusion of room temperature water during colonoscope insertion without air insufflation.
PROCEDURE	Air insufflation insertion

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-08-01
• Completion: 2014-08-01
• First posted: 2013-09-02
• Last updated: 2014-11-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Czechia