NCT04948567

Efficacy of Split-dose of Oral MMS for Bowel Preparation in Elderly Patients

Efficacy of Split-dose of Oral Magnesium Sulfate Solution for Bowel Preparation in Elderly Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,174 (actual)
• Sponsor: Air Force Military Medical University, China · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Adequate bowel preparation is critical for successful colonoscopy and a large volume of PEG was required for bowel preparation in patients undergoing colonoscopy. The investigators conducted a a prospective, randomized, controlled study to compare low dose of oral magnesium sulfate solution with high dose PEG. The investigators found that patients who took low dose of oral magnesium sulfate solution had similar bowel preparation quality to patients who took PEG,but accompanied with fewer adverse events and better tolerance.

Conditions

• Colonic Adenoma
• Bowel Preparation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	split-dose of Magnesium Sulfate solution	purgative for bowel preparation
OTHER	split-dose of PEG	purgative for bowel preparation

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-30
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2019-12-01
• First posted: 2021-07-02
• Last updated: 2021-07-02

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: China