Safety of full bowel preparation and colonoscopy in elderly patients with ulcerative colitis: a real-world multicenter retrospective cohort study

Safety of full bowel preparation and colonoscopy in elderly patients with ulcerative colitis: a real-world multicenter retrospective cohort study - Safety of colonoscopy in elderly patients with ulcerative colitis

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000048092

Enrollment

140

Registered

2022-06-20

Start date

2021-11-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

ulcerative colitis

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: This retrospective study included a cohort of patients with IBD who visited any of 12 hospitals in the Gunma Prefecture in Japan and are registered in our IBD database as of December 2021

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The following exclusion criteria were applied: previous colonic resection; follow-up duration of less than 6 months; suspected cytomegalovirus infection in the colon or other type of infectious colitis; multiple colonoscopies during the study period; incomplete colonoscopy because of poor bowel preparation; and patient's request for discontinuation.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The safety endpoints were as follows: incidence, severity, and outcomes of complications of colonoscopy, such as bleeding, perforation, and laceration; complications associated with bowel preparation, such as vomiting and intestinal obstruction; and the rate of relapse of UC after colonoscopy.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYu Hashimoto

Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

y_hashi@gunma-u.ac.jp0272208137

Outcome results