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Feasibility of salvage colonoscopy by water exchange for failed air-insufflated patients

Feasibility of salvage colonoscopy by water exchange for failed air-insufflated patients: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2100051483
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-09-24
Start date
2018-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-06-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

colorectal diseases

Interventions

WE group:water exchange
AI group:air infuse

Sponsors

The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: all 18 to 80-year-old outpatients undergoing for open-access unsedated colonoscopy for routine indications were considered eligible to enter the study. In the scenarios if the maximum pain score of the patients were more than 5 (by the 11-point visual analog scale, with 0-no pain and 10-most severe pain imaginable), or the level of technical difficulty of the procedure as level 3 (subjectively rated by the endoscopists as 1=easy, 2= slightly difficult and 3=extremely difficult) when advancing the scope into the colon, patients are automatically included in this study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. poor bowel preparation (BBPS<6); 2. severe heart or lung disease; 3. Acute gastrointestinal bleeding; 4. History of colon resection; 5. severe colon stricture or obstructing tumor; 6. current pregnancy; 7. hemodynamic instability; 8. inability to provide informed consent.

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
time to cecum;max pain score;technical difficulty;

Primary

MeasureTime frame
cecal intubation rate;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactShiyang Ma

Division of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University

shiyangma@163.com+86 13619217342

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 13, 2026