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Usefulness of Retroflex Observation in Ascending Colon during Colonoscopy

Usefulness of Retroflex Observation in Ascending Colon during Colonoscopy - Usefulness of Retroflex Observation in Ascending Colon

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000057121
Enrollment
340
Registered
2025-02-24
Start date
2022-08-18
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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

Conditions

Colorectal Adenoma, Colorectal Cancer

Interventions

Observing the ascending colon during colonoscopy, in addition to the usual forward observation, retroflex observation and a second forward observation are also performed to examine the adenoma detecti

Sponsors

Kohseichuo General Hospital, Digestive Disease Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients aged 40 years or older 2) Patients who have tested positive for occult blood in their stool and are planning to undergo a colonoscopy for abdominal symptoms 3) Patients who have had endoscopic resection of early colorectal cancer or colonic polyps in the past and are planning to undergo a colonoscopy for follow-up purposes. 4) Patients who have given written informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with inflammatory bowel disease 2) Patients suffering from gastrointestinal polyposis, including familial adenomatous polyposis 3) Patients with a history of colorectal surgery 4) Patients undergoing colonoscopy for endoscopic treatment such as endoscopic polypectomy 5) Patients undergoing emergency colonoscopy for gastrointestinal bleeding 6) Patients with colonic stenosis

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Ascending Colon- Adenoma Detection Rate(AC-ADR) in the each examination phase

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Adenoma Miss Rate (AMR) in observation 1 and observation 1 + 2 per examination, the rate of cases where adenomas were found in observation 2, the success rate of retroflex observation in the ascending colon, the average pain score (0 points: no pain, 5 points: most severe pain) and complication rate during retroflex observation in the ascending colon.

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactFumihiko Nakamura

Kohseichuo General Hospital Digestive Disease Center

jymxg256@ybb.ne.jp0337132141

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026