Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02305706
Right or Left for Colonoscopy?
Does Right Rather Than Left Starting Position Lead to Quicker Completion of COLonoscopy?
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 163 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Colonoscopy is technically challenging. Conventionally, colonoscopy begins with patients positioned in the left lateral position. However, few published studies have explored alternatives and there is consequently little evidence to support left lateral starting position over alternatives.
Detailed description
We aim to perform a randomised controlled trial of right versus left lateral starting position for colonoscopy. Primary outcome: time to caecum. Secondary outcomes: patient comfort; volume of sedation used.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | starting position in colonoscopy |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-06-01
- Completion
- 2014-11-01
- First posted
- 2014-12-03
- Last updated
- 2014-12-03
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02305706. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.