A prospective trial of Cap-fitted upper endoscope vs. Cap-fitted standard colonoscope in Patients with difficult cecal intubation

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0000744

Enrollment

110

Registered

2013-05-13

Start date

2007-05-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : Patients with technically difficult sigmoid colon were recruited. ‘Difficult sigmoid colon’ was defined as failure of experienced colonoscopists to pass through the sigmoid colon with

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with technically difficult sigmoid colon were recruited. ‘Difficult sigmoid colon’ was defined as failure of experienced colonoscopists to pass through the sigmoid colon within 10 minutes. We asked recruited patients for taking part in this study. Patients between the ages of 18 and 80 undergoing elective colonoscopy without sedation were eligible for the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: . Those with a history of colonic resection, severe colitis, and known obstructive colonic disease were excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Cecal intubation rate	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
patient’s self-assessed pain score;endoscopist-assessed pain score	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactSeon Young Park

Chonnam National University Hospital

Outcome results