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Remedial enema with colon hydrotherapy device improves the effect of poor bowel preparation for electronic colonoscopy: a prospective randomised controlled trial

Remedial enema with colon hydrotherapy device improves the effect of poor bowel preparation for electronic colonoscopy: a prospective randomised controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2400088365
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2024-08-16
Start date
2022-06-29
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-08-19

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Colon hydrotherapy machine enema group (enema group):Complete remedial bowel preparation with enema according to colon hydrotherapy machine procedure
Re-administration of oral colon cleanser group (oral group):The patients in this group were reintroduced to a low-dose oral polyethylene glycol (PEG) regimen (2 L).

Sponsors

Beijing Changping Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1)Patients with proposed colonoscopy in our hospital, aged 18-80 years old; (2)Bowel preparation according to the original bowel preparation programme, the last anal excretion does not meet the watery stool or yellowish transparent liquid, judged as inadequate bowel preparation (judged as very poor bowel preparation: faecal water is brown, containing a large amount of waste; slightly poor bowel preparation: faecal water is dark yellow, containing a small amount of faecal sludge); or in the performance of ordinary electronic colonoscopy based on the Boston scale <6 points, or any of the three segments of the colon <2 points, judged to be inadequate bowel preparation; (3)Patients voluntarily sign an informed consent form, follow the study instructions and can co-operate with the entire study procedure.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Presence of severe cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease, cardiopulmonary insufficiency, shock, abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute peritonitis, intestinal perforation, intestinal obstruction, toxic megacolon disease; (2) Presence of severe purulent inflammation or painful lesions in the anus or rectum, such as perianal abscess, anal fissure; (3) Mental illness or inability to co-operate; (4) Patients with active gastrointestinal bleeding; (5) Pregnant women and menstruating women; (6) Patients with or suspected of inflammatory bowel disease; (7) Individuals who have undergone colorectal surgery resulting in abnormal normal physiological anatomy; (8) Individuals with a known allergy to polyethylene glycol; (9) Other conditions that the investigator deems unsuitable for enrolment in this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Boston Scale scores for whole colon and segments of colon;Whole and segmental colon Ottawa scale scores;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Remedial bowel preparation time;Adverse events in patients during remedial bowel preparation;Tolerance numerical scale assessment of remedial bowel preparation;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactDongxuan Zhang

Beijing Changping Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

dongxuanzhang3087@163.com+86 183 1055 1286

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 31, 2026