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Effect of Single Dose of 2L PEG on Bowel Preparation in Average-risk Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy

Effect of Single Dose of 2L PEG on Bowel Preparation in Average-risk Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02998255
Enrollment
940
Registered
2016-12-20
Start date
2016-12-31
Completion date
2017-08-31
Last updated
2017-09-13

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

Conditions

Health Behavior

Keywords

PEG, Bowel preparation, Colonoscopy

Brief summary

Adequate quality of bowel preparation(BP) is important for colonoscopy. Several guidelines recommend that split-dose of 4L PEG should be used as a standard regime for BP. However, the high-volume PEG still results in lower compliance to the regime and increased cost. Some high risk factors for inadequate BP have been identified, including old age, constipation, diabetes, the use of narcotics and prior history of inadequate BP. For average-risk patients without the high risk factors, the procedure of BP could be easier. In the previous study, with the use of single dose of 2L PEG, more than 90% of average-risk patients achieved adequate BP. Here investigators hypothesized that compared with the standard split dose of 4L PEG, single dose of 2L PEG may be not inferior in BP quality while may be accompanied with better tolerability.

Interventions

DRUGSingle dose of 2L PEG

Patients at average risk for inadequate BP were given instructions for bowel preparation through phone call a day before scheduled colonoscopy. Patients began to drink 2 L of PEG 4-6 hours before colonoscopy at a rate of 250 mL every 15 minutes.

All patients at average risk for inadequate BP were given instructions for bowel preparation through phone call a day before scheduled colonoscopy. the participants began to drink the first 2 L of PEG at 7:00-9:00 PM on the day before colonoscopy at a rate of 250 mL every 15 minutes. On the day of the procedure, patients took the remaining 2 L 4-6 hours before colonoscopy.

Sponsors

Air Force Military Medical University, China
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients undergoing colonoscopy; * Patients with average risks for inadequate BP (Patients were identified average-risk if they did not meet any factor of the following risk factors): * Constipation * Diabetes * Parkinson's disease * History of stroke or spine cord injure * Prior history of inadequate bowel preparation * BMI\>25 * Use of tricyclic antidepressant or narcotics

Exclusion criteria

* History of colorectal resection; * Suspected colonic stricture or perforation; * Incomplete or complete bowel obstruction; * Use of prokinetic agents or purgatives within 7 days; * Toxic colitis or megacolon; * Pregnancy or lactation; * Unable to give informed consent; * Haemodynamically unstable.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Rate of adequate bowel preparation(defined as a total BostonBowel Preparation Score ≥6 with each segmental BBPS≥2)1 yearThe adequacy of bowel preparation is defined as Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS), a 4-point scoring system applied to each of 3 broad regions of the colon: the right side, the transverse section, and the left side. They were summed to give the total BBPS score, which ranged from 0 to 9.The withdrawal procedure was recorded by vedios. The BBPS and segmental scores in each segment were judged by one endoscopist who was familiar with the criteria of BBPS and blinded to group allocation.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Rate of adverse events1 yearadverse events, such as vomiting, nausea, headache, abdominal pain
Cecal intubation rate1 year
Polyp detection rate1 year
Withdrawal time1 year
Willingness to repeat bowel preparation1 yearThe number of patients have a willingness to undergo a repeated bowel preparation if needed
Cecal intubation time1 year

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026